HIV testing among non-incarcerated substance-abusing juvenile offenders.
HIV testing among non-incarcerated substance-abusing juvenile offenders.
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非脑滥用少年罪犯的艾滋病毒测试。
DOI：
10.1515/ijamh-2014-0052
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发表时间：
2015-11
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Brown LK
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Tolou-Shams M;Conrad S;Louis A;Shuford SH;Brown LK
少年犯是青少年中特别容易感染艾滋病毒/性传播感染的一个亚群。虽然在美国，这些青少年的艾滋病毒感染率较低（<1%），但与其他青少年人口相比，其他性传播感染、无保护的性活动、多伴侣和性行为中使用药物的比例较高。其中许多青年将进入成人刑事司法系统，众所周知，该系统的艾滋病毒感染率极高。美国宪法规定为被监禁的青少年提供艾滋病毒/性传播感染检测，但近80%的青少年被捕者从未被拘留。此外，尽管他们从事与被拘留者类似的艾滋病毒风险行为，但他们获得艾滋病毒/性传播感染检测服务的机会有限。因此，我们的研究检查了60个法庭参与的试点样本中的终身艾滋病毒检测率，物质使用青少年在社区监测，以探索测试率和高风险，但研究不足的美国青少年人口终身测试的原因。
Juvenile offenders are a subgroup of adolescents at particular risk for HIV/STI infection. Although HIV prevalence among these youth is low (<1%) in the US, rates of other STIs, unprotected sexual activity, multiple partners, and incidents of substance use during sex are high compared with other adolescent populations. Many of these youth will enter the adult criminal justice system, which is known to have an extremely high rate of HIV infection. US constitutional mandates provide HIV/STI testing for incarcerated juveniles, but close to 80% of juvenile arrestees are never detained. Moreover, although they engage in similar HIV risk behaviors as those detained, they have limited access to available HIV/STI testing services. Thus, our study examined rates of lifetime HIV testing among a pilot sample of 60 court-involved, substance-using juveniles monitored in the community to explore rates of testing and the reasons related to lifetime testing among a high-risk, yet understudied US juvenile population.