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- Title
Policies and Practices in the Delivery of HIV Services in Correctional Agencies and Facilities: Results From a Multisite Survey.
- Authors
Belenko, Steven; Hiller, Matthew; Visher, Christy; Copenhaver, Michael; O’Connell, Daniel; Burdon, William; Pankow, Jennifer; Clarke, Jennifer; Oser, Carrie
- Abstract
HIV risk is disproportionately high among incarcerated individuals. Corrections agencies have been slow to implement evidence-based guidelines and interventions for HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. The emerging field of implementation science focuses on organizational interventions to facilitate adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices. A survey of correctional agency partners from the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS) revealed that HIV policies and practices in prevention, detection, and medical care varied widely, with some corrections agencies and facilities closely matching national guidelines and/or implementing evidence-based interventions. Others, principally attributed to limited resources, had numerous gaps in delivery of best HIV service practices. A brief overview is provided of a new CJ-DATS cooperative research protocol, informed by the survey findings, to test an organization-level intervention to reduce HIV service delivery gaps in corrections.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA; EXECUTIVES; HIV-positive persons; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL cooperation; REHABILITATION of people with mental illness; MEDICAL care of prisoners; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; EVIDENCE-based medicine; PROFESSIONAL practice; INDEPENDENT living
- Publication
Journal of Correctional Health Care, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 4, p293
- ISSN
1078-3458
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1078345813499313