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
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-14-2015
Publication Title
AIDS Care
Volume
28
Issue
1
First page number:
22
Last page number:
31
Abstract
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. … See full text for complete abstract.
Keywords
MSM; Black; HIV; Jail; Retention in care; Insurance; Addiction; Adherence; Secondary prevention
Disciplines
Public Health
Language
English
Repository Citation
Vagenas, P.,
Zelenev, A.,
Altice, F. L.,
Di Paola, A.,
Jordan, A. O.,
Teixeira, P. A.,
Frew, P. M.,
Spaulding, A. C.,
Springer, S. A.
(2015).
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.
AIDS Care, 28(1),
22-31.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2015.1062464