...Susanna Aba Abraham; Obed Cudjoe; Yvonne Ayerki Nartey; Elizabeth Agyare; Francis Annor; Benedict Osei Tawiah; Matilda Nyampong; Kwadwo Koduah Owusu; Marijanatu Abdulai; Stephen Ayisi Addo; Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah Purpose The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) goal to end the acquired...

... in this study. The mean (SD) age was 38.9 (13.9) years. One-third of prison inmates had comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The proportion of convict (54%) and undertrial (46%) inmates was almost equal. The overall prevalence of HIV infection among inmates was 0.96% (95% CI 0.65–1.40). The odds of being HIV...

... national disparities in PrEP uptake, where women, black and Latinx populations have substantial unmet need. Criminal justice system Public health HIV/AIDS Qualitative research Sexual health Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a fixed-dose combination of two antiretroviral drugs to prevent...

... drawn from seven Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS’ regions encompassing 33 countries and reporting on 6,568 deaths in prison over a 20-year period. HIV/AIDS (n = 3,305) was associated with the highest number of deaths, followed by TB (n = 2,892), HCV (n = 189), HIV...

...Jen Rinaldi; Olga Marques Purpose This study aims to ask how HIV/AIDS is arranged as a public threat in and through Canadian law, particularly in relation to transmission, and how strategies of capture extend the affective force of criminalization leading to poor health outcomes for persons living...

... in literature regarding the vulnerability of imprisoned women in LMICs, which is even more limited in examining pre-trial detention. Women prisoners Human rights Prison HIV/AIDS Sexual health Key populations Around 10.2m people are incarcerated globally, of which 3.8m live with HIV (Dolan et...

... program staff. Individual statements assessed participants’ attitudes toward: HIV-related risk behaviors (e.g. condom use negotiation, acceptability of condomless sex, the impact of AOD on sexual decision making), people living with HIV/AIDS, STI and HIV testing, and personal risk of STI (including HIV...

.... Originality/value This study contributes to the prison-sex literature, and is timely, given current federal and local HIV/AIDS priorities. Recommendations that address male prisoners’ sexual and health needs and risks are posed. Participants reported witnessing and engaging in protected and unprotected...

... at: janet.myers@ucsf.edu 17 08 2016 24 12 2016 28 03 2017 17 05 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Correctional health care HIV/AIDS Post-release care Jail health care Patient navigation Transitional care...

... HIV/AIDS Prisoners Mental illness Drug dependence HCV Since its introduction, combination antiretroviral treatment has resulted in a decline in opportunistic infections rates and has significantly reduced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated morbidity and mortality (Floridia...

... occupancy capacity) (Institute for Criminal Policy Research, 2015), where HIV prevalence (5.3 percent) is 13-fold greater than in the community (0.4 percent) (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2014). Annually, over 80,000 individuals transition through at least one of 39 prisons nationwide...

... Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only HIV Public health Health in prison HIV/AIDS Correctional healthcare Infectious disease By year end 2010, there were approximately 7.1 million offenders supervised under the US adult correctional system...

... for emerging core descriptive content, with coding further refined in an iterative process of data coding and interpretation (Layder, 1993). Tuberculosis Qualitative research Injecting drug use HIV/AIDS Correctional health care Illicit drugs Tuberculosis (TB) represents a major public health...

...) in the Southside of Chicago which provides comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention services to ex-offenders. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with four groups of men and women, respectively. The sampling methodology for the study was purposive. While we desired to have between six and eight...

...Diala Ammar; Alberto Cordova Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the extent of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) crisis in Lebanese prisons, propose functional reforms for Roumieh prisons (the country's largest male top-security prison...

... or not to take ART view and respond to these constraints. To optimize HIV treatment during incarceration and improve adherence to ART after release, we urgently need to understand how HIV-infected inmates perceive and respond to health services. Prisoners Stigma Privacy HIV/AIDS Violence Adherence...

...Zahrotur R. Hinduan; Harry Suherman; W.J. Lucas Pinxten; Bachti Alisjahbana; Harm J. Hospers Purpose Prison officers have a vital role in running a secure and healthy living environment for the inmates. The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between HIV/AIDS‐related knowledge...

... Limited 2013 Alcohol use disorders Substance abuse Social support HIV/AIDS Argentina Criminals Substance misuse Personal health The authors would like to recognize Alexander Bazazi, Jeannia Fu, Chethan Bachireddy, and Jacob Izenberg for their assistance in creating the survey...

...Rick Lines; Heino Stöver; Martin C. Donochoe; Jeffrey V. Lazarus The Dublin Declaration on Partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia is the key policy document on HIV/AIDS in the European Region as a whole Among the Declaration’s 33 actions for governments are many that apply...

...Richard Pearshouse; Joanne Csete This paper makes the case for, and describes an effort to develop and promote the use of, model law to address HIV/AIDS in prisons. First, it outlines the concept of model law and what model law can bring to advocacy around law reform. Second, it describes why model...