Opportunities for AIDS prevention in a rural state in criminal justice and drug treatment settings.
This study examined the likelihood that drug users would receive HIV/ AIDS prevention information and supplies (e.g., condoms and bleach) in the rural state of Kentucky. Despite evidence of high HIV risk among criminal justice and substance-using populations, incarceration and substance-user treatment were only minimally associated with prior HIV prevention exposure or HIV testing. These data strongly support the use of criminal justice and treatment settings to provide AIDS prevention interventions for the high-risk drug-using populations they serve, and to target HIV prevention services in rural as well as urban areas.
Farabee
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Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40504, USA.
Leukefeld
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D017280:Condoms / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
D004202:Disinfectants