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March 2006, Vol 96, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 401
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.081877

LETTER

MYERS AND ZACK RESPOND

Janet Myers, PhD, MPH and Barry Zack, MPH

Janet Myers is with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, and is a regular evaluation collaborator with Centerforce. Barry Zack is with Centerforce, San Rafael, Calif.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Janet Myers, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, 50 Beale St, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105 (e-mail: janet.myers@ucsf.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

We appreciate Cohen and colleagues’ comments on our report of evaluation results from a prevention case management program (PCM) delivered to men and women leaving correctional settings in California ("Get Connected"). Cohen et al. argue that PCM "should not be touted as a cost-effective use of resources for HIV prevention"1(p400) and that other interventions may prevent HIV infections at a lower cost. We would like to point out that while cost-effectiveness analysis is a powerful tool for understanding the relative value of interventions, it requires incorporation of accurate inputs and assumptions. Cohen et al.’s analysis does not adequately reflect the . . . [Full Text]






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