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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vagenas, Panagiotis
• Zelenev, Alexei
• Altice, Frederick L.
• Di Paola, Angela
• Jordan, Alison O.
• Teixeira, Paul A.
• Frew, Paula M.
• Spaulding, Anne C.
• Springer, Sandra A.

Titel

HIV-infected men who have sex with men, before and after release from jail: the impact of age and race, results from a multi-site study

Ist Teil von

• AIDS care, 2016-01, Vol.28 (1), p.22-31

Ort / Verlag

England: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The US HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM). Black men are disproportionately affected by incarceration and Black MSM experience higher infection rates and worse HIV-related health outcomes compared to non-Black MSM. We compared HIV treatment outcomes for Black MSM to other HIV-infected men from one of the largest cohorts of HIV-infected jail detainees (N = 1270) transitioning to the community. Of the 574 HIV-infected men released, 113 (19.7%) self-identified as being MSM. Compared to other male subgroups, young Black MSM (<30 years old, N = 18) were significantly less likely: (1) before incarceration, to have insurance, access to an HIV healthcare provider, and use cocaine; (2) during incarceration, to receive a disease management intervention; and (3) in the 6 months post-release, to link to HIV care. Interventions that effectively link and retain young HIV-infected Black MSM in care in communities before incarceration and post-release from jail are urgently needed.