After the Fact: A Brief Educational Program on HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis for Female Detainees in a Local Jail.
J Correct Health Care
; 21(2): 140-51, 2015 Apr.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25788609
ABSTRACT
Women who have been in jail are at increased risk of acquiring HIV when they are in the community. Nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) reduces HIV transmission following high-risk behaviors and is an effective HIV prevention strategy. The authors designed a 15-minute interactive educational program to increase inmates' knowledge of nPEP. Before the program, participants self-reported high HIV risk yet low risk perception and lack of nPEP awareness. After the program, nPEP knowledge scores increased by 40% regardless of demographic or HIV-risk characteristics. This study demonstrates that a brief, easy-to-deliver educational intervention can be carried out in a jail, is effective at raising awareness of both HIV risk and nPEP, and may be useful for others seeking to increase use of this prevention strategy for high-risk women during incarceration.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prisioneiros
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Infecções por HIV
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Educação em Saúde
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
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Profilaxia Pós-Exposição
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Correct Health Care
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos