Gender Disparities in HIV Treatment Outcomes Following Release From Jail: Results From a Multicenter Study

Meyer, Jaimie P.; Zelenev, Alexei; Wickersham, Jeffrey A.; Williams, Chyvette T.; Teixeira, Paul A.; Altice, Frederick L.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2013.301553

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“…This cohort has been described across many domains, including HIV treatment outcomes, 39 new HIV infections, 3 longitudinal retention in care, 14 gender differences in service needs 40 and HIV treatment outcomes, 41 pre-and post-release homelessness, 20,35 recidivism, 22 and SUDs. 17,36 Health care utilization among this cohort has not previously been described.…”

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Emergency Department Use among HIV-Infected Released Jail Detainees

Boyd

Song²,

Meyer

et al. 2014

J Urban Health

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Release from short-term jail detention is highly destabilizing, associated with relapse to substance use, recidivism, and disrupted health care continuity. Little is known about emergency department (ED) use, potentially a surrogate for medical, psychiatric, or social instability, by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) leaving jails. All ED visits were reviewed from medical records for a cohort of 109 PLHWA in the year following release from county jail in Connecticut, between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010. Primary outcomes were frequency and timing of ED visits, modeled using multivariate negative binomial regression and Cox proportional hazards regression, respectively. Demographic, substance use, and psychiatric disorder severity factors were evaluated as potential covariates. . Those in late or sustained HIV care used the ED sooner than those not retained in HIV primary care (median for late retention 16.3 days, median for sustained retention 24.9 days, median for no retention not reached at 12 months, p value 0.004). Using multivariate modeling, those who used the ED earliest upon release were more likely to be homeless ]), to be retained in HIV care ), and to have recently used drugs ), yet had a low lifetime drug severity (HR 0.01 [0.00-0.14]). Among PLWHA released from jail, frequency of ED use is high, often soon after release, and is associated with social and drug-related destabilizing factors. Future interventions for this specific population should focus on addressing these resource gaps, ensuring housing, and establishing immediate linkage to HIV primary care after release from jail.

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Emergency Department Use among HIV-Infected Released Jail Detainees

Boyd

Song²,

Meyer

et al. 2014

J Urban Health

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“…A subset of participants with pre-and post-jail viral load testing showed an increase in suppressed viral load (15,106). In these studies, men with HIV had better postrelease outcomes than did women, leading to a recommendation for gender-specific care in these programs (76).…”

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“…Several of the HIV studies were supported by the Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care Services Initiative, a project that assessed jail-release interventions at ten largely urban US sites (4,15,76). These studies found that having discharge planning and disease management sessions in jail and staff knowledge of release data; postrelease needs assessment, HIV education, and transportation assistance; stable housing at 30 days postrelease; and a designated HIV provider were significantly associated with sustained retention in care, defined as having a clinic visit in each quarter in the first 6 months out of jail.…”

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A Review of Opportunities to Improve the Health of People Involved in the Criminal Justice System in the United States

Freudenberg

Heller

2016

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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In the past decade, many constituencies have questioned the efficacy, cost, and unintended consequences of mass incarceration in the United States. Although substantial evidence now demonstrates that US incarceration policies have had unintended adverse health consequences, we know less about the strategies and policies that can prevent or reduce these problems for justiceinvolved individuals and how the criminal justice system (CJS) can contribute to the Healthy People 2020 national goal of eliminating inequities in health. This review examines strategies that have been used to improve the health of people at various stages of CJS involvement, including diversion from jail and prison stays into community settings, improvements to the social and physical environments within correctional facilities, provision of health and other services to inmates, assistance for people leaving correctional facilities to make the transition back to the community, and systems coordination and integration.

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“…1,2 Although global estimates of the number of female sex workers (FSWs) is lacking, a national US survey conducted in 1992 found that approximately 2% of women had ever sold sex. 3 The number of incarcerated women is growing in all 5 continents, increasing by an average of 16% in the last 6 years. 2 In 2012, more than 600,000 women and girls were detained in prisons worldwide, with one third in the United States.…”

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“…2 In 2012, more than 600,000 women and girls were detained in prisons worldwide, with one third in the United States. 3 …”

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Substance Use and HIV Among Female Sex Workers and Female Prisoners

Strathdee

West

Reed

et al. 2015

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

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Female sex workers (FSWs) and female prisoners experience elevated HIV prevalence relative to the general population because of unprotected sex and unsafe drug use practices, but the antecedents of these behaviors are often structural in nature. We review the literature on HIV risk environments for FSWs and female prisoners, highlighting similarities and differences in the physical, social, economic, and policy/legal environments that need to be understood to optimize HIV prevention, treatment, and policy responses. Sex work venues, mobility, gender norms, stigma, debt, and the laws and policies governing sex work are important influences in the HIV risk environment among FSWs, affecting their exposure to violence and ability to practice safer sex and safer drug use behaviors. Female prisoners are much more likely to have a drug problem than do male prisoners and have higher HIV prevalence, yet are much less likely to have access to HIV prevention and treatment and access to drug treatment in prison. Women who trade sex or are imprisoned and engage in substance use should not be considered in separate silos because sex workers have high rates of incarceration and many female prisoners have a history of sex work. Repeated cycles of arrest, incarceration, and release can be socially and economically destabilizing for women, exacerbating their HIV risk. This dynamic interplay requires a multisectoral approach to HIV prevention and treatment that appreciates and respects that not all women are willing, able, or want to stop sex work or drug use. Women who engage in sex work, use drugs, or are imprisoned come from all communities and deserve sustained access to HIV prevention and treatment for substance use and HIV, helping them and their families to lead healthy and satisfying lives.

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Gender Disparities in HIV Treatment Outcomes Following Release From Jail: Results From a Multicenter Study

Cited by 77 publications

References 49 publications

Emergency Department Use among HIV-Infected Released Jail Detainees

Emergency Department Use among HIV-Infected Released Jail Detainees

A Review of Opportunities to Improve the Health of People Involved in the Criminal Justice System in the United States

Substance Use and HIV Among Female Sex Workers and Female Prisoners

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