HIV and Incarceration: Prisons and Detention
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Mar. 08, 2012
ANNOTATION: The prevalence of HIV in prisons is looked at along with risky behavior and the AID’s transmission. This article also examines the effectiveness of programs that address the spread of AIDS in prisons. This review provides correctional professionals a wealth of information regarding AIDS and interventions. A few of the topics discussed include: the HIV epidemic in prisons; risk factors; comprehensive prevention measures such as the supplying of condoms, needle and syringe programs, bleach programs, opioid substitution therapy, and inmate education; and treatment, care, and support of infected individuals.
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