The importance of routine HIV testing in the incarcerated population: The Rhode Island experience
The importance of routine HIV testing in the incarcerated population: The Rhode Island experience
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DOI：
10.1521/aeap.14.7.45.23867
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Flanigan, TP
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作者：
Desai, AA;Latta, ET;Flanigan, TP
在罗得岛，在所有囚犯进入监狱时，在惩教机构进行的常规艾滋病毒检测在艾滋病毒诊断中发挥了重要作用。在监狱中诊断和治疗艾滋病毒可以促进艾滋病毒控制、预防和教育的公共卫生目标。常规的艾滋病毒检测可以纳入惩教机构的初级和二级预防方案。在罗得岛，在进入教养所时进行艾滋病毒检测是例行的，在所有检测呈阳性的人中，约有三分之一是在教养所中查明的。与其他设施中检测呈阳性的男女相比，惩教设施中检测呈阳性的男女比例逐渐下降，近年来女性艾滋病毒检测呈阳性的下降幅度更大。特定群体，如男性，非洲裔美国人和注射毒品使用者继续更有可能在国家惩教设施比在其他测试站点诊断。这些差异可能反映了其他社区倡议未能解决的获得医疗保健的障碍。
Routine HIV testing in the correctional setting offered to all inmates at entry has played an important role in the diagnosis of HIV in Rhode Island. Diagnosis and treatment of HIV in prisons can further public health goals of HIV control, prevention, and education. Routine HIV testing can be incorporated into primary and secondary prevention programs in correctional facilities. In Rhode Island, where HIV testing is routine at entry into the correctional facility, approximately one third of all persons who test positive are identified in the correctional facility. The proportion of males and females testing positive in the correctional facility versus those testing positive in other facilities has shown a gradual decrease, with positive female HIV tests declining more substantially in recent years. Specific groups, such as males, African Americans, and injection drug users continue to be more likely diagnosed in the state correctional facility than in other testing sites. These differences may reflect barriers to health care access that other community initiatives have failed to address.