Flanigan TP, Schiffman JD, Ribaudo SE, Spaulding AC, Iadevaia RA, Rich JD; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 927 (abstract no. 43414).
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA.
ISSUE: Incarcerated woman are at increased risk for contracting HIV through high risk behavior. HIV+ women may be reluctant to begin HIV therapy. Incarceration is an opportunity for enhanced education on HIV prevention and treatment, but requires innovative approaches to behavioral modification and education. PROJECT: Following informed consent, female inmates were interviewed on videotape in individual and group settings, discussing the risks of HIV, drug use, "life on the streets", prostitution and unsafe sex, and losing custody of their children. The need for HIV testing and HIV therapy were emphasized. The final video was offered to the Rhode Island prison and jail program and made available for viewing by all incoming inmates. RESULTS: The incarcerated woman-to-woman video will help to reach a population reluctant to discuss HIV risks and HIV treatment. Although long term effects are not yet known, this HIV video may help incarcerated women to re-evaluate their high risk lifestyles, initiate treatment for substance abuse, and encourage HIV testing and the start of HIV treatment while imprisoned. LESSONS LEARNED: A video project for incarcerated women by incarcerated women can be a vehicle for "peer" HIV education and prevention in the prison setting.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
- Child
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- Prisoners
- Prisons
- Rhode Island
- Substance-Related Disorders
- drug therapy
- prevention & control
- therapy
Other ID:
UI: 102231577
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