A little over a week ago, a letter I co-authored ended up in the Star Tribune. As a follow-up to that letter, the strib wrote an editorial endorsing the need to utilize new, online methods as part of HIV prevention programs. The editorial was well written, and made a good point. Of course, I’m probably [...]
http://john.mn/2010/07/more-hiv-prevention/
I co-authored a letter to the editor that ran in the Star Tribune yesterday regarding the urgent need to modernize HIV prevention efforts. This sparked a handfull of comments on the strib website about how preventable HIV is (just like the flu, which kills ~36k people per year), and how we’re wasting money on AID’s[sic] [...]
http://john.mn/2010/06/modernize-hiv-prevention/
As I’m sure you’re well aware, Minnesota saw an 83% increase in HIV cases among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in 2009. This prompted the Department of Health, Hennepin County (Part A), and the Department of Human Services (Part B) to plan a YMSM Provider’s Summit. Someone at the summit made a [...]
http://john.mn/2010/03/how-long-have-we-known/
I attended the Minnesota YMSM Provider Summit yesterday, and that (alcohol, hormones) emerged as one theme partially attributable to the increase in HIV infections in men under 24. Honestly, I’m just trying hard to find a legitimate and professional excuse to say “horny” in a blog title… We received an epidemiology update, with additional information [...]
http://john.mn/2010/02/drunk-and-horny/
The Minnesota Department of Health released initial 2009 HIV epidemiology data last week — something that they normally wait until April to do. MDH saw an urgent need to release the information due to the dramatic rise in incidence over the past year, particularly the 83% increase in young men who have sex with men [...]
http://john.mn/2010/02/minnesota-hiv-rates/
A new study to be published in June in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found a link between the state that you live in, and your mental state. The study looked at BRFSS respondent’s frequencies of depression, stress, and other mental problems; the actual measure used was the percent of respondents reporting 14 or [...]
http://john.mn/2009/10/midwest-state-of-mind/