P3.443 Risk Behaviour and Risk Factors For HIV and Other STI Among Prisoners in Serbia

Predictors of suicidal behavior with emphasis on protective factors and risk factors among prisoners

  Introduction: Identifying factors affecting the tendency to risky behaviors is important and necessary, which can be useful in reducing these behaviors. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the predictors of suicidal behavior with an emphasis on protective factors and risk factors  among prisoners. Method: The method of this research is descriptive-correl...

Risk behaviour of prison inmates in relation to HIV/STI.

INTRODUCTION Persons serving a prison sentence are identified as a population exposed to a higher risk of HIV/STIs due to a high incidence of risk behaviour, especially intravenous drug misuse. To show results of research on prevalence of HIV/STIs in relation to spread of risk behaviour and other risk factors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Cross-sectional study on a sample of 620 respondents in 10 pri...

Violence, condom negotiation, and HIV/STI risk among sex workers.

IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD, SOME OR ALL ASPECTS OF sex work are criminalized. Consequently, sex workers have few legal protections and may easily be exploited or abused by clients, coworkers, and law enforcement officials. The isolation and disempowerment of sex workers, enforced by the threat of violence, may create barriers to negotiating safe sex practices, thereby increasing the risk for hu...

prevalence and risk factors of hiv, syphilis, hepatitis b and c among female prisoners in isfahan, iran

Risk factors for attempting suicide in prisoners.

We wished to examine determinants of suicidal behavior in prisoners. 903 male prisoners had a psychiatric interview which included various psychometric tests. Suicide attempters were compared with prisoners who had never attempted suicide. Significantly more of the attempters had a history of psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, a family history of suicidal behavior, convictions for violent c...