Terminology and Abbreviations

PLWH—People Living With HIV

HSDA—HIV Service Delivery Area (based on HIV Care & Treatment funding)

Mode of Exposure—How a person acquired HIV—a person’s biological sex (i.e. sex assigned at birth) is used to determine mode of exposure

Male-Male Sexual Contact—HIV acquisition most likely occurred due to sexual contact between two men

Injection Drug Use—HIV acquisition most likely occurred due to injection drug use

Male-Female Sexual Contact—HIV acquisition most likely occurred due to sexual contact between a man and a woman.

Priority Populations—Populations who are disparately and disproportionately impacted by HIV

Latinx—a gender neutral term used in place of Latino or Latina

Latino MSM—Latino Gay, Bisexual and other cisgender Men who have Sex with Men

White MSM—White Gay, Bisexual and other cisgender Men who have Sex with Men

Black MSM—Black Gay, Bisexual and other cisgender Men who have Sex with Men

Black Women—Black cisgender Women who have sex with men

Transgender People –includes both transgender men and transgender women. A significant

majority of Transgender PLWH are transgender women.

Latina Women—Latina cisgender Women who have sex with men

PWID—People Who Inject Drugs

PrEP—Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis—HIV Prevention Medication

nPEP—non-occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

Behavioral Interventions—interventions designed to reduce behaviors that make people more vulnerable to acquiring HIV. These can include individual, group and community level interventions.

Retention in Care—2 contacts with the care system, at least 3 months apart in the calendar year (contacts include a visit with a medical provider, HIV lab work, or and ART prescription)

Viral Suppression—a viral load <= 200 copies/ml

In-Care Viral Suppression—Viral Suppression among PLWH who have achieved Retention in Care