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- Title
Disease Progression and Characteristics of HIV-infected Women With and Without a History of Criminal Justice Involvement.
- Authors
Youmans, Eren; Burch, James; Moran, Robert; Smith, Lillian; Duffus, Wayne
- Abstract
Early HIV diagnosis followed by prompt linkage to and consistent retention in HIV-related care is important to decrease morbidity and mortality. Progression to AIDS is of particular interest in HIV-positive women with a history of criminal justice-involvement due to their lack of access to care in the community and poor retention in HIV primary care. In this retrospective cohort study, we characterize the risk of developing AIDS among HIV-infected women with and without a history of criminal justice-involvement. Mean time to AIDS diagnosis was longer [123 ± 3.26 months] for women with no criminal justice-involvement when compared to women who were arrested or who went to prison. Women who were arrested (HR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.43, 2.58) and women who went to prison (HR: 2.27, 95% CI: 1.52, 3.39) had an increased risk of developing AIDS when compared to women without criminal justice-involvement.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; AIDS diagnosis; AIDS risk factors; CONFIDENCE intervals; CRIMINALS; HIV infections; LONGITUDINAL method; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); TIME; WOMEN'S health; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DISEASE progression; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2013, Vol 17, Issue 8, p2644
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-011-0057-1