INFECTION WITH THE HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS IN PRISONERS - MEETING THE HEALTH-CARE CHALLENGE

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作者
DIXON, PS
FLANIGAN, TP
DEBUONO, BA
LAURIE, JJ
DECIANTIS, ML
HOY, J
STEIN, M
SCOTT, HD
CARPENTER, CCJ
机构
[1] BROWN UNIV,MIRIAM HOSP,164 SUMMIT AVE,PROVIDENCE,RI 02906
[2] RHODE ISLAND DEPT HLTH,PROVIDENCE,RI
[3] ADULT CORRECT INST,CRANSTON,RI
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10.1016/0002-9343(93)90359-W
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The magnitude and the scope of health care problems posed by human prison inmates seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are enormous. Prisoners represent a substantial proportion of HIV-infected individuals in North America. A high proportion of prisoners are intravenous drug users who often have not received appropriate health care or HIV-directed services prior to incarceration. Health care of HIV-seropositive prisoners and follow-up medical care after prison release has often been less than optimal. Among inmates at the prison facility in Rhode Island, 4% of the men and 12% of the women are HIV seropositive. The Brown University medical community, in conjunction with the Rhode Island Department of Health and Corrections, has developed an effective program for the health care of such prisoners, both during incarceration and after release from prison. Academic medical centers are uniquely poised to assume the leading role in meeting this obligation. We believe that this general approach, with region-specific modifications, may be effectively applied in many correctional institutions in North America.
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