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- Title
Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing and linkage to care during incarceration: There's no time like the prison time!
- Authors
Bartlett, Sofia R.; Tiwana, Amrit; Dhillon, Damon
- Abstract
We provide a comprehensive overview of the role of prisons in perpetuating epidemics of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs). The concentration of STBBIs in prisons is largely due to the over representation of people who inject drugs in these settings, and is amplified by inconsistent testing strategies, sub optimal connection to care, and the lack of access to comprehensive harm reduction in prisons. Universally offering STBBI testing, scale-up of harm reduction strategies, STBBI treatment, education and peer support in prisons could break this cyclical effect, and result in further improvements in the overall health and wellbeing of people who experience incarceration.
- Subjects
BLOODBORNE infections; PRISON sentences; IMPRISONMENT; HARM reduction; PEER teaching; NEEDLE exchange programs
- Publication
UBC Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 2, p10
- ISSN
1920-7425
- Publication type
Article