To gauge the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and associated risk factors among inmates during their imprisonment, the authors recruited adult males in a long-stay Scottish prison into a cohort study between April 1999 and October 2000. On two occasions (at 0 and 6 months), saliva was collected for anonymous HCV antibody testing and risk behavior data were obtained through a self-...

AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of an HIV peer training program conducted in a colony for drug dependent male prisoners in Siberia, Russia. METHOD: Questionnaires were used to collect data pre and post peer training sessions. Three peer training sessions were conducted between questionnaires. Fifteen to twenty inmates were trained as peer educators at each week-long health education training...

OBJECTIVES To identify risks for HIV infection related to incarceration among injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand. DESIGN Case-control study of sexual and parenteral exposures occurring before, during, and after the most recent incarceration. SETTING Metropolitan Bangkok. PARTICIPANTS Non-prison based injecting drug users formerly incarcerated for at least six months in the previous...

BACKGROUND As one of the most important components of harm reduction strategy for high-risk groups, following the HIV epidemics, Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) has been initiated in prisoners since 2003. In this paper, we aimed to assess the advantages and shortcomings of the MMT program from the perspective of people who were involved with the delivery of prison healthcare in Iran. ME...

Background As one of the most important components of harm reduction strategy for high-risk groups, following the HIV epidemics, Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) has been initiated in prisoners since 2003. In this paper, we aimed to assess the advantages and shortcomings of the MMT program from the perspective of people who were involved with the delivery of prison healthcare in Iran.   Me...

Agonist therapy (OAT) programs in combination with a psychosocial approach are the most effective way to prevent relapse in opioid-dependent patients. These programs reduce morbidity and risk behaviours for HIV transmission and other infections, improve quality of life and retention in treatment, and have a positive impact on antisocial behaviour. They are therefore very useful for prisoners wi...

OBJECTIVE This study describes rescreening following a prison cervical cancer screening intervention: the numbers of women who received rescreening during the three-year follow-up period; their timing of rescreening in relationship to intervention follow-up recommendations; and socio-demographic factors associated with rescreening. METHODS Socio-demographic information was collected from Corr...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common in prisoner populations, particularly those with a history of injecting drug use (IDU). Previous studies of HCV incidence have been based on small case numbers and have not distinguished risk events in prison from those in the community. METHODS HCV incidence was examined in a longitudinal cohort of 488 Australian prisoners with a history...

Purpose Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) programmes in prisons play a significant role preventing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite its proven effectiveness, both availability and coverage of prison OAT remain low. This Indonesian study explores facilitators of, barriers to, delivery methadone using social ecological model (SEM). Design/methodology/approach The used qualitative case...

background as one of the most important components of harm reduction strategy for high-risk groups, following the hiv epidemics, methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) has been initiated in prisoners since 2003. in this paper, we aimed to assess the advantages and shortcomings of the mmt program from the perspective of people who were involved with the delivery of prison healthcare in iran.   me...