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ArticleEuropean journal of public health2015

Impact of incarceration experiences on reported HIV status and associated risk behaviours and disease comorbidities.

Robert Heimer, Olga S Levina, Victoria Osipenko, Monica S Ruiz, Boris Sergeyev, Aleksander V Sirotkin, Inna Vyshemirskaya

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Article in European journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Association of Injection Practices and Overdose With Drug Use Typologies: A Latent Class Analysis Among People Who Inject Drugs in Baltimore, 2017.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert Heimer1 Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA robert.heimer@yale.edu.
Olga S Levina2 NGO Stellit, St. Petersburg, RF.
Victoria Osipenko3 NGO "Young Leaders' Army", Kaliningrad, RF.
Monica S Ruiz4 Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milkin Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Boris Sergeyev5 Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Kaliningrad, RF.
Aleksander V Sirotkin6 International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, RF.
Inna Vyshemirskaya3 NGO "Young Leaders' Army", Kaliningrad, RF.
Milken Institute · USNational Research University Higher School of Economics · RUYale University · US

Funding

Yale AITRP Supplement for NicaraguaD43TW001028 · FIC · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HEIMER, ROBERT · 1998 to 2015
$9.0M
FIC NIH HHS 5D43TW001028FIC NIH HHS D43 TW001028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Russian human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) originated in Kaliningrad, but research into risk behaviours among PWID has been lacking. The potential for heterosexual spread has not been analysed.

methodsA sample of PWID was accrued using two methods. A questionnaire was administered to assess HIV-related risk behaviours for parenteral and sexual transmission, sociodemographic factors, HIV knowledge and attitudes about sexual risks. Data were analysed focusing on the role of imprisonment, factors associated with awareness of being HIV infected and condom use.

resultsMore than a quarter of the sample reported having been diagnosed with HIV infection, with higher prevalence among women and those with a history of incarceration. More than half reported having been diagnosed with hepatitis C virus infection. Those reporting being HIV positive were less likely to distribute used syringes to other PWID and more likely to have used a condom the last time they had sex. A history of incarceration was associated with higher rates of receptive syringe sharing among those not having ever received an HIV-positive diagnosis and a lower likelihood of believing that condoms are needed when having sex with a casual partner.

conclusionAlthough extensive HIV testing has alerted many PWID to their HIV-positive status, which is associated with less distributive syringe sharing and higher likelihood of condom use, substantial risk for parenteral and especially sexual HIV transmission remains. More active prevention programs will be required to control the heterosexual spread of HIV.

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Risk-TakingSexual BehaviorAdultAge FactorsComorbidityCondomsFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeedle SharingPrisonersRisk FactorsSex Factors

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PMID26381650
PMCPMC4851719
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