Accept or Decline? Deciding Factors in a Voluntary HIV Testing Program for Probationers and Parolees

HIV testing for communities at risk was a key recommendation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy during the Obama Administration. These vulnerable groups include probationers and parolees under community supervision. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (2017), 4,708,100 U.S. adults or 1 in 52 adults were under community supervision at the end of 2014, with the large majority being male and a disproportionate number being non-White. An approximate distinction between the two types is that probationers are low-level offenders who are sentenced directly to community supervision, while parolees have served prison time for felony crimes and are released to community supervision on a conditional basis.
Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Program Brief Source Type: research