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- Title
HIV/AIDS among Inmates of and Releasees from US Correctional Facilities, 2006: Declining Share of Epidemic but Persistent Public Health Opportunity.
- Abstract
The article presents an analysis related to HIV/AIDS among inmates of and releasees from the U.S. correctional facilities in 2006. A new model of population flow in and out of correctional facilities was created, in order to estimate he number of persons released in 1997 and 2006. It is stated that the declining concentration of the epidemic among correctional populations is explained by factors like the decline of HIV seroprevalence among those admitted to jails and prisons, success with discharge planning programs targeting HIV-infected prisoners, and prolonged survival and aging of the U.S. population with HIV/AIDS beyond the crime-prone years.
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0007558