ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2011
Prevalence of HCV risk behaviors among prison inmates: tattooing and injection drug use.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Best practice guidelines for viral hepatitis service delivery in prisons.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- The global and regional prevalence of hepatitis C and B co-infections among prisoners living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2021Pooled it
- Dermatological and Ophthalmological Inflammatory, Infectious, and Tumoral Tattoo-Related Reactions: A Systematic Review.The Permanente journal · 2021Pooled it
- Safer tattooing interventions in prisons: a systematic review and call to action.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among prisoners in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2018Pooled it
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms, type of offending and recidivism in a prison population: The role of substance dependence.Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH · 2017Trial
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- The Efficacy of On-Site Integration Screening and Microelimination Programs for Chronic Hepatitis C in a Detection Center: A Comparison of the Treatment Outcomes and Characteristics of Incarcerated Patients and Outpatients.International journal of hepatology · 2024Article
- Evaluating peer-supported screening as a hepatitis C case-finding model in prisoners.Harm reduction journal · 2019Observational
- Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from nurse managers' perspectives - a qualitative exploration.BMC nursing · 2019Article
- "It Ruined My Life": The effects of the War on Drugs on people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural Puerto Rico.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Genotype distribution and treatment response among incarcerated drug-dependent patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.PloS one · 2018Article
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- Childhood ADHD symptoms are associated with lifetime and current illicit substance-use disorders and in-site health risk behaviors in a representative sample of Latino prison inmates.Journal of attention disorders · 2015Article
- [Opportunities and methodological challenges in health research in the context of prisons in Puerto Rico].Ciencias de la conducta : revista del Centro Caribeno de Estudios Post-Graduados · 2015Article
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Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common blood-borne chronic viral infection in the United States and it is over represented in incarcerated populations. This study estimates if in prison tattooing is associated with self reported HCV infection in a probabilistic sample of 1,331 sentenced inmates in Puerto Rico prisons anonymously surveyed in 2004, who had previously been tested for HCV. Analysis were carried out with the total sample and among non-injectors (n=796) to control for injection drug use (IDU) and other confounders. Nearly 60% of inmates had acquired tattoos in prison. HCV was reported by 27% of subjects in the total sample and by 12% of non-injectors who had undergone tattoos in prison. IDU was the strongest predictor of HCV in the total sample (OR=5.6, 95% CI=3.2-9.7). Among non injectors, tattooing with reused needles or sharp objects and/ or reusing ink was positively associated with HCV self-report (OR=2.6, 95% CI=1.3-5.5). Tattooing is a common occurrence in this prison setting. Findings suggest that preventive interventions are required to reduce the risk of HCV transmission through unsterile tattooing and injection practices.
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