title: The status of HIV prevention efforts for women in correctional facilities.
abstract: In the United States, women are a significant proportion of the correctional population. Women also account for an increasing proportion of newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases. When compared with white women, black women have higher incarceration rates and represent more of the newly diagnosed HIV cases. Correctional facilities offer an opportunity to provide women with HIV testing and prevention services so that they will know their status and receive HIV/sexually transmitted disease (STD) risk-reduction counseling and other preventive services. In this report, we describe incarcerated population statistics and HIV surveillance epidemiology for women. We also describe HIV prevention activities undertaken by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. Additional research, program development, and implementation are needed to improve HIV prevention efforts for high-risk women.
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Infectious Diseases, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Eleanor B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Tanya Telfair
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: Laurie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011330:Prisons; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health