HIV infection among women entering the New York State correctional system
Autor: | Dale L. Morse, B. I. Truman, R W Stevens, Perry F. Smith, L Lessner, R. K. Broaddus, J Mikl, J S Lehman, E A Lord |
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Rok vydání: | 1991 |
Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Population New York Prison Fertility Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) HIV Seroprevalence Pregnancy Risk Factors HIV Seropositivity Epidemiology Humans Tuberculosis Medicine Seroprevalence Syphilis Risk factor education media_common Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome education.field_of_study business.industry Prisoners Public health Racial Groups Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Hepatitis B medicine.disease Logistic Models Female business Research Article Demography |
Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 81:35-40 |
ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
DOI: | 10.2105/ajph.81.suppl.35 |
Popis: | Human immunodeficiency virus infection is the leading medical problem among prison inmates in several states. In 1988 a blinded seroprevalence study was conducted on 480 New York female prison entrants to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for HIV infection in this population. Ninety (18.8 percent) women were HIV-seropositive. Seroprevalence was highest among women ages 30-39 (25.0 percent) and varied by ethnicity (Hispanics, 29.4 percent; Blacks, 14.4 percent; Whites, 7.1 percent) and residence (New York City, 23.8 percent; Upstate, 5.1 percent). Nearly half (44.9 percent) of the 136 acknowledged intravenous drug users and one-third (33.8 percent) of the 71 women with a positive syphilis serology were HIV-seropositive. There was no difference in fertility histories between seropositive and seronegative women, and two of 21 pregnant women were seropositive. This study led to increased clinical and prevention services for this high-risk population. |
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