HIV testing in prisoners

Is mandatory testing mandatory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11035897
AutoresJon Kim Andrus (0000-0002-8514-8500, Center for Prevention Services), David W Fleming, Catherine Knox, R O McAlister, Michael R Skeels, Robert Edgar Conrad, John M Horan, L R Foster
Ano1989
Volume79
Fascículo7
Páginas840-842
Data de publicação1989-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.79.7.840
PMID2735469
OpenAlexW1966188317
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas11

We studied 977 newly incarcerated Oregon inmates to compare voluntary versus mandatory human immunodeficiency virus antibody (HIVAb) testing in the prison setting. All inmates were offered HIVAb counseling and testing. Blood drawn for routine syphilis serology from those who declined this offer was also tested for HIVAb after personal identifiers had been removed. Only 1.2 percent (12) prisoners were HIV positive. However, 62.5 percent (611) inmates were at risk for HIV infection by being an intravenous drug user, a male homosexual, or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive. The ratio of at-risk, as yet uninfected inmates to those already HIV infected was 53 to 1. Two-thirds of all inmates including those at-risk chose to receive counseling and testing. In areas where most at-risk inmates are not yet infected, it may be more appropriate for HIV prevention activities in prison to focus on voluntary programs that emphasize education and counseling rather than mandatory programs that emphasize testing

Criminology · Drug injection · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health services · Hepatitis B · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Intravenous drug · Population · Prison · Psychiatry · Syphilis · Viral disease · Voluntary counseling and testing · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Ethics in Clinical Research · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Immunology · Medicine · Psychology