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1920745

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
OBJECTIVE--To describe the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among socially and educationally disadvantaged young persons in the United States. DESIGN:-We analyzed demographic and geographic findings from the screening of Job Corps students for antibody to HIV. SETTING--The Job Corps is a federal training program for disadvantaged, out-of-school youth. POPULATION SCREENED--Residential students aged 16 to 21 years who entered the Job Corps from October 1987 through February 1990. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE--Rates of observed HIV infection in entering students, stratified by demographic and geographic features. RESULTS--Of 137,209 Job Corps students screened, 488 were HIV seropositive (3.6 per 1000), a seroprevalence rate higher than that among military applicants of the same age. Overall seroprevalence was slightly higher in male (3.7 per 1000) than in female (3.2 per 1000) Job Corps students, but among those students aged 16 and 17 years, seroprevalence was higher among females (2.3 per 1000) than among males (1.5 per 1000) (P less than .05). For students aged 16 to 21 years, seroprevalence increased with year of age: 1.8 per 1000 per year for males and 0.7 per 1000 per year for females. Among those aged 21 years, HIV prevalence was 8.9 per 1000. For black and Hispanic students from large Northeastern cities, seroprevalence increased by 4.3 per 1000 per year of age and reached 24.8 per 1000 (one of 40) in students aged 21 years. However, among students from rural areas and small towns, HIV seroprevalence was disproportionately high in the Southeast. Compared with recently described US patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, HIV-infected students who entered the Job Corps were much more likely to be female. CONCLUSIONS--These findings show that disadvantaged, out-of-school adolescents are at high risk for HIV infection. The screening results identified surprisingly high seroprevalence in the southeastern United States and demonstrated a marked shift in the HIV epidemic to young women. Controlling the HIV epidemic among teenagers must include interventions that will reach adolescents early and outside of the formal educational system.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2387-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-3-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Human immunodeficiency virus infection in disadvantaged adolescents. Findings from the US Job Corps.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga 30333.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article