title: After the Fact: A Brief Educational Program on HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis for Female Detainees in a Local Jail.
abstract: Women who have been in jail are at increased risk of acquiring HIV when they are in the community. Nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) reduces HIV transmission following high-risk behaviors and is an effective HIV prevention strategy. The authors designed a 15-minute interactive educational program to increase inmates' knowledge of nPEP. Before the program, participants self-reported high HIV risk yet low risk perception and lack of nPEP awareness. After the program, nPEP knowledge scores increased by 40% regardless of demographic or HIV-risk characteristics. This study demonstrates that a brief, easy-to-deliver educational intervention can be carried out in a jail, is effective at raising awareness of both HIV risk and nPEP, and may be useful for others seeking to increase use of this prevention strategy for high-risk women during incarceration.
authors: Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA neha.gupta@ucsf.edu.
authors: Neha
authors: N
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Heidi
authors: H
authors: Schmidt
authors: Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Timothy
authors: T
authors: Buisker
authors: Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Mi-Suk Kang
authors: MS
authors: Dufour
authors: Jail Health Services, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Joe
authors: J
authors: Goldenson
authors: Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Janet
authors: J
authors: Myers
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of HIV/AIDS (Positive Health Program), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Jacqueline
authors: J
authors: Tulsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012495:San Francisco; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents
keywords: HIV prevention; educational interventions; jail-based education; nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis; women’s health