Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Use and HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors Among Individuals Who Are HIV Infected and Were Recently Released From Jail

We evaluated highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) use and risk behaviors among 177 inmates who were HIV infected and were released and reincarcerated in San Francisco, Calif, jails over a 12-month period. During the month preceding reincarceration, HIV transmission risk behaviors were commo...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2008-04, Vol.98 (4), p.661-666
Main Authors: Clements-Nolle, Kristen, Marx, Rani, Pendo, Michael, Loughran, Eileen, Estes, Milton, Katz, Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
AIDS
Anti-Retroviral Agents - administration & dosage
Antiretroviral drugs
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
California
Case management
Correctional institutions
Disease transmission
Drug dosages
Drug resistance
Drug therapy
Drug use
Health Behavior
Health care
Health services
Health Surveys
HIV
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - transmission
Homeless people
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immune system
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Imprisonment
Infectious diseases
Interviews as Topic
Male
Marijuana
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Miscellaneous
Patient compliance
Personal health
Prisoners
Prisons
Psychometrics
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research and Practice
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Sexual intercourse
Socioeconomic Factors
Substance abuse treatment
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:We evaluated highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) use and risk behaviors among 177 inmates who were HIV infected and were released and reincarcerated in San Francisco, Calif, jails over a 12-month period. During the month preceding reincarceration, HIV transmission risk behaviors were common among respondents, and 59% of those with a history of antiretroviral use were not taking HAART. HAART discontinuation was independently associated with homelessness, marijuana use, injection drug use, and not receiving community medical care. Postrelease interventions for inmates who are HIV infected are needed.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2007.112656