title: HIV/AIDS in correctional settings: a salient priority for the CDC and HRSA.
abstract: Correctional facilities constitute an excellent opportunity to provide treatment, care, and prevention services for a population that may not otherwise access these services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recognize the public health importance of correctional settings and have begun to develop formal strategies to address the HIV/AIDS-relevant needs of incarcerated individuals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and HRSA have implemented policies, activities, and strategic plans to reduce the HIV/AIDS disease burden among the high-risk populations that pass through the nation's prisons and jails. They have also collaborated to address the HIV/AIDS needs of incarcerated populations and have initiated processes for expanding collaboration on these issues to include other federal agencies and prevention partners.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. kek4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Karina Krane
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Rapposelli
authors.forename: May G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: Melinda J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tinsley
authors.forename: Kathryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Rauch
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dooley
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aranda-Naranjo
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011050:Policy Making; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011330:Prisons; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014488:United States Health Resources and Services Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*