| 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 ( ... | 2009 | 19768164 |
| 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 ... | 2011 | 21844713 |