title: Factors Associated With Receiving Rapid HIV Testing Among Individuals on Probation or Parole.
abstract: Despite the strong correlation between HIV and corrections, testing and prevention efforts have largely been ignored among community corrections populations. The current study is a secondary analysis to compare characteristics of individuals under community corrections supervision who completed rapid HIV testing with those who refused such testing (N = 2,382) in Baltimore, Maryland, and Providence, Rhode Island. Results indicate that the following variables were significantly associated with the receipt of rapid HIV testing: being female (p = .024), Black race (p = .004), homeless (p = .016), early age of crime onset (p = .001), more drug use during the past 90 days (p = .033), and previously tested for hepatitis C virus/hepatitis B virus (p = .024). Such findings make it especially important that individuals under community supervision be linked with services in the community to ensure that HIV testing and health care planning occur simultaneously.
authors.affiliation: Friends Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Criminal Justice, Stevenson University, Stevenson, MD, USA mgordon@friendsresearch.org.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Friends Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Carswell
authors.affiliation: Friends Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Friends Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kinlock
authors.affiliation: ICF International, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Restivo
authors.affiliation: The Miriam Hospital, Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.affiliation: The Miriam Hospital, Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Josiah D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057237:Criminals; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D012306:Risk; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
keywords: HIV rapid testing; criminal justice; probation and parole; risky behaviors