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hiv and infectious disease care in jails and prisons: breaking down the walls with the help of academic medicine.health care within correctional facilities has traditionally been marginalized from excellence in academic medicine. the armamentarium of a medical school, which includes excellence in research, teaching and clinical care, can be successfully applied to the correctional setting both in the united states and internationally. at any one time, there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the us who are disproportionately poor and from communities of color. rates of human immunodeficiency virus ( ...200919768164
sexually transmitted infections and hepatitis in men with a history of incarceration.background:: men entering correctional facilities have high rates of human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmitted infections (sti), and hepatitis. many prisons offer screening, treatment, and vaccination services; however, little is known about the rates of these infections in men after release to the community. methods:: young men were recruited from prisons in mississippi, rhode island, and wisconsin as part of a human immunodeficiency virus/sti/hepatitis intervention study. participants ...201121844713
acceptance of hepatitis b vaccine among hospital workers.data on sociodemographic status, health beliefs, knowledge of hepatitis b, experience with prior vaccinations, health locus of control, and desire to receive hepatitis b vaccine were assessed in 1,500 hospital employees. twenty per cent of the variance of the decision to accept vaccine could be explained; beliefs about the safety and efficacy of vaccine influenced acceptance most. beliefs concerning the likelihood of contracting hepatitis b and the chance of becoming severely ill were less impor ...19863946712
a large outbreak of acupuncture-associated hepatitis b.an epidemiologic investigation of an acupuncturist's practice in rhode island identified 35 patients who were infected with hepatitis b virus during 1984. of 366 patients seen by the acupuncturist during 1984, 316 (86%) completed questionnaires and submitted serum for hepatitis b serology. use of tests for immunoglobulin m antibody to hepatitis b core antigen (igm anti-hbc) identified 17 case-patients who otherwise may have gone undetected. thirty-four of the 35 case-patients were treated in onl ...19883341362
hiv-positive women: reasons they are tested for hiv and their clinical characteristics on entry into the health care system.to describe the reasons for the hiv testing of hiv-positive women and their clinical presentation and to make specific laboratory comparisons between women intravenous drug users (ivdus) and non-ivdus who were heterosexually infected (hts).19911890496
prevalence and incidence of hiv, hepatitis b virus, and hepatitis c virus infections among males in rhode island prisons.we evaluated prevalence and intraprison incidence of hiv, hepatitis b virus, and hepatitis c virus infections among male prison inmates.200415226146
prisoners' attitudes toward hepatitis b vaccination.hepatitis b continues to be a substantial problem in the united states despite the existence of a safe and effective vaccine. vaccination programs for inmates could reach many high-risk individuals but little is known about u.s. inmates' willingness to accept hepatitis b virus (hbv) vaccination while incarcerated. the goal of this study was to assess inmates' knowledge about hepatitis b and their willingness to accept hepatitis b vaccination while incarcerated.200415193905
presence of hepatitis b and c viral genomes in us blood donors as detected by polymerase chain reaction amplification.hepatitis c virus (hcv) represents a major cause of posttransfusion hepatitis worldwide. posttransfusion hepatitis associated with hepatitis b virus (hbv) continues to occur. hbsag-negative donor sera from the rhode island blood center between 1987 and 1988 were screened using more sensitive techniques to assess the prevalence of low level hbv infection. group i consists of 866 healthy blood donors without hbv serologic markers, group ii consists of 377 donors with alt elevations (> 45 iu/l), gr ...19948158110
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