Correctional inmates engage in drug-related and sexual risk behaviors, and the
transmission of HIV, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted diseases occurs in correctional …

The epidemiological trend of increasing HIV incidence rates due to sexual transmission in
central and eastern Europe has been documented. The current review analysed research …

Executive Summary Essential to optimizing Correctional Service Canada's (CSC) strategy
for preventing, controlling and managing infectious diseases is detailed information about …

In central European states, rates of HIV among injection drug users (IDUs) have been low
although Hepatitis C (HCV) infection is widespread. The goal of our study was to assess HIV …

The discrepancy in HIV rates among Eastern and central European injecting drug users
(IDUs) suggests that, in addition to risk behaviors, social contact patterns also play an …

Security matters to health. Crime victimization causes death, injury and illness. Injury or
death is an occupational hazard for police. The criminal justice system causes injury and …

Purpose: To identify the educational factors associated with HIV risk behaviors among
incarcerated women. Methods: We evaluated a cohort of female detainees at The Rhode …

We examine in the heterosexual partnerships (dyads) of IDUs the correlates of engaging in
unprotected sex on three levels: individual attributes, social network characteristics, and …

Schriftenreihe „Gesundheitsförderung im Justizvollzug“ – „Health Promotion in Prisons“ Page
1 Schriftenreihe „Gesundheitsförderung im Justizvollzug“ – „Health Promotion in Prisons“ …

Ethnographic interviews and focus groups were conducted between May 2003 and January
2004 among injection drug users (IDUs; n= 29) in Budapest, Hungary, to assess knowledge …