Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus in prisoners: Meeting the health care challenge

Directly Observed versus Self-administered Antiretroviral Therapies: Preference of HIV-Positive Jailed Inmates in San Francisco

“…2,8,9,47 Due to the increased duration of incarceration, it is necessary to offer adequate therapies for acute and chronic diseases. While increased efforts are being made to facilitate discharge planning, continuation of medical care after release continues to be challenging.…”

“…While increased efforts are being made to facilitate discharge planning, continuation of medical care after release continues to be challenging. 9,20,48 Problems such as gaps in case management and quality medical care after release, 8,20,49 lack of insufficient mental illness treatment, 50 and poor access to drug/alcohol treatment programs 51,52 make it difficult for these individuals to remain on HIV treatment.…”

“…They may be incarcerated for weeks to months and have high rates of illicit substance or alcohol addiction. 1,2,7 Due to chronic infections and the effect of incarceration on health status, 2,5,[8][9][10][11][12] they are a target population for whom availability of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and general medical care is essential. Introduction and continuation of ARV therapy can be offered while a person is incarcerated, but there are many concerns regarding optimal methods to deliver care in order to maximize personal and public health benefits.…”

Pilot Study to Enhance HIV Care Using Needle Exchange-Based Health Services for Out-of-Treatment Injecting Drug Users

“…[18][19][20] The overwhelming majority of IDUs are active drug users who may cycle into and out of such structured settings. Therefore, settings for providing HIV-related health care to out-of-treatment drug users are critical so that they may derive the same benefit as drug users in structured settings.…”

Estudo dos fatores de risco associados às infecções pelo HIV, hepatite B e C e sífilis e suas prevalências em população carcerária de São Paulo

“…Para a população confinada, o momento de prisão apresenta-se como único em sua vida para cuidar da saúde e, ainda, para prevenção [Dixon PS, 1993]. Contudo, Butler (2010) afirma que há alguma evidência ao se admitir a alta prevalência de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis nesta população socialmente excluída pois, fora da prisão, existe um limite nos serviços de saúde que termina por sugerir que a prisão seja realmente o lugar ideal para esse tratamento.…”