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CDC
and HRSA support a collaborative
corrections initiative for HIV Prevention,
Intervention, and Continuity of
Care Within Correctional Settings
and the Community. This program
addresses the Healthy
People 2000 priority areas of
HIV Infection & Clinical Preventive
Services.
Goals
- Increase
access to health care & improve
the health status of both incarcerated
& at-risk disproportionately
affected African-Americans and
other racial minorities, especially
HIV infected persons, and their
communities by: 1) Increasing
access to HIV/AIDS primary health
care & prevention services;
2) Improving HIV transitional
services between corrections &
the community; and 3) Developing
organizational supports &
linked networks of comprehensive
HIV health & social services.
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Models of linked networks of health
services (HIV/AIDS, STD, TB, hepatitis,
and substance abuse prevention
& treatment during and after
incarceration) will be developed
and evaluated for use by other
primary care, prevention, criminal
justice, and community service
organizations.
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Demonstration projects must create
a continuous stream of intervention,
primary care, prevention, and
psychosocial support & referral
systems that link correctional
and community settings to improve
the health seeking behaviors and
health outcomes of populations/individuals
most affected by HIV/AIDS
For
Updates on Demonstration Projects
visit the National
Minority AIDS Council web site.
Here you will find the latest edition
of Inside OUT, the newsletter of
the CDC/HRSA Corrections Demonstration
Projects.
Post-project
planning
As
the correctional demonstration project
comes to an end, there are many
things to consider that will help
ensure a smooth transition as your
agency leaves the correctional institution.
Planning for the end of the project
can be one of the most challenging
obstacles each project must address.
Four years of navigating the system
for HIV+ inmates has lead us to
careful planning to ensure that
the efforts and progress made by
each correctional demonstration
project continue after the project
ends in September 2004. For more
information, read Planning
for Seamless Transitions for Corrections
Demonstrations Project Clients.
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Lanier MM & Paoline EA. (2005)
Expressed needs and behavioral risk
factors of HIV-positive inmates.
International
Journal of Offender Therapy and
Comparative Criminology, 49 (5):
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Robillard AG, Gallito-Zaparaniuk
P, Arriola KJ, Kennedy S, Hammett
T, & Braithwaite RL. (2003)
Partners and processes in HIV services
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collaboration and service delivery.
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Arriola KR, Braithwaite RL, Kennedy
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Laufer FN, Arriola KR, Dawson-Rose
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