Parole officer-parolee relationships and HIV risk behaviors during community supervision.
We tested if good parole officer (PO)-parolee relationships reduce HIV risk behaviors during parole, as they do for risk of rearrest. Analyses used data from 374 parolees enrolled in a randomized clinical trial. Past month HIV risk behaviors were assessed by interview at baseline, 3- and 9-months after parole initiation. The Working Alliance Inventory and the Dual-Role Relationships Inventory measured PO relationship. Gender-stratified multivariate regressions tested associations of PO-parolee relationship with sex with multiple partners, unprotected sex with risky partner(s), and drug injection. Women parolees (n = 65) who reported better PO relationship characteristics were less likely to report having multiple sex partners [adjusted odds ratio: 0.82 (0.69, 0.98) at 3-months, 0.89 (0.80, 0.99) at 9-months], and, among those reporting multiple sex partners, had fewer partners on average [adjusted relative risk 0.98 (0.96, 0.99)]. These effects were not found among men. PO-parolee relationship quality can influence sexual risk behaviors among women parolees.
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA, traci.c.green@brown.edu.
Traci C
TC
Green
Jennifer
J
Johnson
Magdalena
M
Harrington
Enrique R
ER
Pouget
Anne G
AG
Rhodes
Faye S
FS
Taxman
Daniel J
DJ
O'Connell
Steven S
SS
Martin
Michael
M
Prendergast
Peter D
PD
Friedmann
D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000379:methods; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology