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18935775

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) monitoring among prison inmates is instrumental in countries with concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemics. Knowledge on these dynamics in imprisoned women in Portugal is scarce. The HIV and HCV prevalence was estimated among inmates in the largest Portuguese prison for women, which holds 57% of all female inmates in Portugal, according to sociodemographic and behavioural variables and characterised attitudes towards HIV/AIDS according to serological status. Collected variables included age, education, country of birth, penal status, and accumulated time in prison. Drug injection and sharing of injection material were inquired, as well as age at first sexual intercourse. Inmates also characterised their attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. A venous blood sample was collected and tested for anti-HIV and anti-HCV antibodies. In this sample of 445 female inmates, 10% were HIV-positive, while 11% were HCV-positive. Longer imprisonment periods were associated with relatively higher HCV prevalence and women with later ages at first sexual intercourse were less frequently HIV-positive, regardless of drug injecting behaviour. HIV prevalence was 44% in women who had ever injected drugs and 6% in those who had never injected. HCV frequency was 69% among injecting drug users (IDUs) and 4% among non-IDUs. In women who injected drugs both HIV and HCV were more frequent when the number of injections was higher and when women reported sharing of injection material. Similar attitudes towards HIV/AIDS were found for HIV-positive and negative women, but those living with HIV had more tolerant positions. This study emphasizes the role of injecting drug use in the transmission of HIV and HCV in women in Portuguese prisons and reinforces the need for the systematic adoption of harm reduction measures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1210-7778
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A survey of HIV and HCV among female prison inmates in Portugal.
pubmed:affiliation
National Coordination for HIV/AIDS, Lisbon, Portugal. hbarros@sida.acs.min-saude.pt
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't