Ending the HIV Epidemic: Development and Evaluation of CyberGIS-HIV, a Web-Based Prediction Application

Am J Public Health. 2025 Oct;115(10):1589-1593. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308194. Epub 2025 Aug 14.

Abstract

Officials from US state and county health departments perceive the need to adopt new methods for making epidemiological decisions about HIV. Hence, a web-based prediction modeling application, CyberGIS-HIV, was developed and systematically compared with currently used approaches (e.g., community consultation) in a sample of 42 state and federal public health officials as well as senior and junior modelers. Overall, CyberGIS-HIV had more favorable public health and modeling ratings than other approaches currently used by the participants. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(10):1589-1593. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308194).

MeSH terms

  • Epidemics* / prevention & control
  • HIV Infections* / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Internet*
  • Public Health
  • United States / epidemiology