Outbreak of HIV infection in a Scottish prison

Taylor, Avril; Goldberg, David J.; Emslie, J A; Wrench, John G.; Gruer, Laurence; Cameron, S.; Black, Jessica Donze; Davis, Barbara; McGregor, James A.; Follett, E. A. C.; Harvey, Jonathan Muñoz Luna; Basson, John; McGavigan, J.

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“…[43][44][45][46][47] Whatever the rate may be, the majority of these sexual activities are likely to be unsafe due to the dearth of condoms in prisons. Injection drug use also occurs in prison and is associated with increased HIV risk; [47][48][49][50][51] tattooing may be an additional risk factor. 52 Using HIV testing to investigate HIV transmission within U.S. jails or prisons, some studies have found no strong evidence of intraprison spread of HIV, [53][54] while Mutter and colleagues found that 3% of a sample of individuals continuously incarcerated since 1977 had seroconverted to HIV-positive status.…”

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Aids and the health crisis of the U.S. urban poor; the perspective of critical medical anthropology

Singer¹

1994

Social Science & Medicine

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Abstract-The social identity of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. has been shaped, for the most part, by two factors, the prevailing configuration of social relations across class, racial, gender, and sexual orientation, on the one hand, and the prevailing array of public health, especially epidemiological, categories of disease transmission, on the other. Focusing on the AIDS epidemic among inner city people of color, this paper challenges the distortions wrought in our understanding from both of these factors and instead develops an alternative perspective for AIDS research among medical anthropologists and health social scientists generally.

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Aids and the health crisis of the U.S. urban poor; the perspective of critical medical anthropology

Singer¹

1994

Social Science & Medicine

440

303

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“…There is research evidence from some developed and developing countries indicating that incarcerated IDUs are at risk of HIV infection in the prison environment, especially those who use injected drugs [18][19][20][21][22][23] ; there have been several reports of HIV outbreaks among drug-injecting prisoners. 24,25 Investigating sexual behavior and related risks for HIV infection among prisoners in Iran is very challenging. Same-gender sex is still very taboo in Iran and could be heavily punished.…”

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Patterns of Drug Use and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors among Incarcerated People in a Prison in Iran

Zamani

Farnia²,

Torknejad³

et al. 2010

J Urban Health

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Previous research indicates that prisoners in Iran are at risk of drug-related harm, including acquisition of blood-borne infections. In response, several prevention interventions have been introduced into prisons in Iran, such as methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). MMT is now provided to opioid-dependent prisoners in 142 of the 230 prisons and correctional settings in Iran. A baseline behavioral survey was conducted in Karaj Central prison which mainly holds prisoners with drug-related charges. Overall, 203 male prisoners from randomly selected rooms in two prison blocks were interviewed using a structured questionnaire in 2007, just before the introduction of MMT program in this prison. Among participants, 7% reported never having used illicit drugs in their lifetime, but 51% had used non-injecting illicit drugs, and as high as 42% reported having injected an illicit drug. Up to 79% (160/203) of all participants reported using drugs, and about 6% (12/203) reported drug injecting during their current incarceration term. Same-gender sexual practice during current incarceration term was reported by 2.5% (5/203) of all male prisoners. Comparison between injecting and non-injecting drug-using prisoners indicated that drug injectors had higher rates of previous incarcerations, commenced drug use at a younger age, were more likely to have used illicit drugs in the previous week, were more likely to have been treated by a physician for drug addiction, had higher rates of registration for methadone treatment inside prison, and were more likely to have been tested for HIV infection. These study findings provide a behavioral profile of prisoners in regard to drug-related harm and can be considered in any plan to introduce or improve provision of MMT in prisons in Iran or other countries with similar features.

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“…More recently, Boutbreaks^of HIV infection among inmates in Scottish and Australian prisons, relating to injection drug use, have been reported. 42,43 A strong study from Thailand that included 1,209 injection drug users recruited in the community showed a rate of HIV seroconversion overall of 5.8/100 person-years and a rate of 35.0/100 person-years for those with a history of injection with incarceration since the prior HIV negative visit, suggesting that HIV seroconversion in the correctional setting in Thailand is not trivial. 44 Although international data suggests that intraprison transmission of HIV infection is most likely due to injection drug use, the context of U.S. prisons might differ from that of other countries.…”

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From Corrections to Communities as an HIV Priority

Vlahov¹,

Putnam²

2006

J Urban Health

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Outbreak of HIV infection in a Scottish prison

Abstract: Objectives-To investigate the possible spread of HIV infection and its route of transmission among prison inmates.

Cited by 204 publications

References 24 publications

Aids and the health crisis of the U.S. urban poor; the perspective of critical medical anthropology

Aids and the health crisis of the U.S. urban poor; the perspective of critical medical anthropology

Patterns of Drug Use and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors among Incarcerated People in a Prison in Iran

From Corrections to Communities as an HIV Priority

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