Health Care Practices and Associated Service Needs in a Sample of HIV-Positive Incarcerated Men in Puerto Rico: Implications for Retention in Care

Conclusions: Correctional facilities can be important settings for engaging high-risk populations in health care, capturing and enrolling unidentified HIV/HCV infections for clinical care, and engaging in substance abuse treatment. In order for these public health outcomes to be achieved, it is important to consider strategies to optimize care inside prison and in the community.
Source: Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC) - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Short Communications Source Type: research