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HIV and AIDS risk behaviors among female jail detainees: implications for public health policy (2002)
(Risque de séropositivité chez les femmes détenues : répercutions sur la politique de santé publique)
Auteur(s) :
MCCLELLAND G. ;
TEPLIN L. ;
McCLELLAND, G. M. ;
TEPLIN, L. A. ;
ABRAM, K. M. ;
JACOBS, N.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
818-824
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
115
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
PRISON
;
SIDA
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
ENQUETE
;
ETHNIE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE ANALYTIQUE
;
INJECTION
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92, (5), 818-824
Résumé :
OBJECTIVES: We examined the sexual and injection drug use HIV and AIDS risk behaviors of female jail detainees. METHODS: The sample (n = 948) was stratified by charge type (felony vs misdemeanor) and race/ethnicity (African American, non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, other). RESULTS: Non-Hispanic White women, women arrested for less serious charges, women who had prior arrests, women arrested on drug charges, and women with severe mental disorders were at especially high risk for sexual and injection drug transmission of HIV and AIDS. CONCLUSIONS: Many women at risk for HIV and AIDS--women who use drugs, women who trade sex for money or drugs, homeless women, and women with mental disorders--eventually will cycle through jail. Because most jail detainees return to their communities within days, providing HIV and AIDS education in jail must become a public health priority.
Affiliation :
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
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