Prisons and AIDS: A Public Health Challenge Hardcover - 1996 - 1st Edition

From the rear cover

The first book of its kind, Prisons and AIDS provides an important model for the design and implementation of HIV and AIDS education and prevention programs in correctional institutions. Through case studies and survey research from a variety of facilities, it reveals critical information about the proliferation of HIV and AIDS in the prison population, covering such topics as frequency of sexual contact, the use of condoms, amount of sexual activity among inmates, drug use, needle sharing, and tattooing behaviors.Written by experts in the field--including lead author Ronald L. Braithwaite, one of the foremost authorities on public health--this book is sensitive to disproportionate ethnic minority representation in the prison population--and offers strategies for developing culturally sensitive programs. The authors also present research which documents the patterns of HIV and AIDS cases among adult juvenile inmates, and explore relevant policies and programs--including education and prevention, testing and disclosure, parental notification, and housing.This resource is grounded in research and information from the National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.