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Opt-out HIV and Hepatitis C Testing at the Dallas County Jail: Uptake, Prevalence, and Demographic Characteristics of Testers.
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- Integrating HIV services and other health services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- A multicentre interventional study to assess blood-borne viral infections in Belgian prisons.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Trial
- Prevalence and Factors Associated With Hepatitis C in Danish Prisons, 2022-2024: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2026Article
- Incarceration history and HIV testing among people who inject drugs in the Boston metro area: a pooled cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A Multicomponent Strategy to Improve HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Southern US Jail: Protocol for a Type 3 Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Offering is not enough: an attempt to increase infectious diseases testing at a large county jail in Massachusetts.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Prevalence of blood-borne virus infections and uptake of hepatitis C testing and treatment in Australian prisons: the AusHep study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Who declines "opt-out" HIV/HCV testing? Experience of an internal medicine resident continuity clinic serving a predominantly Black adult population in South Carolina.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2024Article
- Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases: An analysis of jail intake data.PloS one · 2023Article
- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV Infection among Detainees: A Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Importance of Prisons in Achieving Hepatitis C Elimination: Insights from the Australian Experience.Viruses · 2022Article
- Heterogeneity in Jail Nursing Medical Intake Forms: A Content Analysis.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2021Article
- Validity of Self-Reported Hepatitis C Virus Status Among Criminal Justice-Involved Persons Living With HIV.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2021Article
- Mothering and Incarceration: A Conceptual Model Supporting Maternal Identity.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2021Article
- Innovations in Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment.Hepatology communications · 2021Review
- CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults - United States, 2020.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2020Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence in 50 U.S. States and D.C. by Sex, Birth Cohort, and Race: 2013-2016.Hepatology communications · 2020Article
- Addressing Hepatitis C in the American Incarcerated Population: Strategies for Nationwide Elimination.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are common in the criminal justice system. We offered opt-out HIV/HCV testing at the Dallas County Jail during intake from June 2015 to November 2016, after which testing was integrated into routine phlebotomy processes. The uptake of testing increased from 12.9% (118/915) in June 2015 to 80.5% (269/334) in January 2016. HIV was confirmed in 1.0% (30/3155) of inmates; 6 were new diagnoses and all were linked to care. HCV antibody positivity was found in 16.4% (500/4042) of inmates. Sixty percent (155/258) of HCV-positive inmates born between 1945 and 1965 (ie, baby boomers) were non-Hispanic black, whereas 56.2% (136/242) born after 1965 were non-Hispanic white. Testing only baby boomers would have missed approximately half of HCV infections, predominantly among young, non-Hispanic white people. Future efforts should expand HIV and HCV testing in jails, as it is feasible, acceptable, and increases prevention and engagement in care for a high-prevalence, hard-to-reach population.
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