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David R. Holtgrave, PhD

David R. Holtgrave is with the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

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I applaud Neumann et al.'s examination of the disconnect between health economists and public health practioners.¹ Their findings are similar to the decade-old observations of Weinstein and Melchreit in the field of HIV prevention.²

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched HIV prevention community planning in 1993 as a participatory process by which health departments were to garner broad, structured, evidence-based input when setting priorities.² By 1994, the cost and effectiveness of HIV prevention programs were clearly identified as factors that should be considered in the community planning process and early technical assistance documents on economic evaluation became available.² . . . [Full Text]