Public Health Implications for Adequate Transitional Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: Five Essential Components

摘要: In the United States, 10 million inmates are released every year, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection acquired syndrome (AIDS) prevalence is several-fold greater in criminal justice populations than community. Few effective linkage-to-the-community programs currently available for prisoners infected with HIV. As a result, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) seldom continued after release, virological immunological outcomes worsen. Poor HIV treatment result from myriad of obstacles that face upon reentering community, including homelessness, lack medical insurance, relapse to drug alcohol use, mental illness. This article will focus on 5 distinct factors contribute significantly have profound individual public health implications: (1) adaptation case management services facilitate linkage care; (2) continuity cART; (3) substance use disorders; (4) illness treatment; (5) reducing HIV-associated risk-taking behaviors as part secondary prevention.