title: Sexual behaviours of HIV-seropositive men and women following release from prison.
abstract: Twenty-five percent of the US HIV-infected population is released from a prison or jail each year. As the extent of risky sexual behaviours after prison release is largely unknown, we interviewed a cohort (n = 64) of HIV-infected, recently released (mean 45 days, SD 28) prisoners about their current sexual risk behaviours. Almost half (47%, n = 64) of the released prisoners reported sexual activity after release, mostly with regular partners. Although 26% (n = 27) reported engaging in unprotected sexual activity with their regular partners, none (n = 4) reported unprotected sex with their non-regular partners. Furthermore, 33% percent (n = 15) of the releasees with regular partners reported engaging in unprotected sex with HIV-seronegative partners. These results suggest that regular partners of HIV-infected prison releasees are at risk of acquiring HIV infection, and secondary risk-reduction strategies are needed for HIV-infected prison releasees.
authors.affiliation: Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, and Dentistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. bls@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Becky L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wohl
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKaig
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Golin
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shain
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adamian
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Emrick
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Cathie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fogel
authors.forename: Andrew H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012747:Sexual Partners