Condom Use and Incarceration Among STI Clinic Attendees in the Deep South

Overview

Journal BMC Public Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Public Health

Date 2016 Sep 15

PMID 27624443

Citations 10

Authors

Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

Sharon Parker

Annie Gjelsvik

Leandro Mena

Philip A Chan

Julia Harvey

Brandon Marshall

Curt G Beckwith

Jennifer Rose

Reginald Riggins

Trisha Arnold

Amy Nunn

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Abstract

Background: Incarceration history is associated with lower rates of condom use and increased HIV risk. Less is known about duration of incarceration and multiple incarcerations' impact on condom use post-release.

Methods: In the current study, we surveyed 1,416 adults in Mississippi about their incarceration history and sexual risk behaviors. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were used to test associations between duration of incarceration, multiple incarcerations, socio-demographic factors, substance use, sexual behavior, and event level condom use at last sex.

Results: After adjusting for covariates, having been incarcerated for at least 6 months two or more times remained significantly associated with condomless sex.

Conclusions: This study found a strong, independent relationship between condom use and multiple, long-term incarceration events among patients in an urban STI clinic in the Deep South. The results suggest that duration of incarceration and multiple incarcerations have significant effects on sexual risk behaviors, underscoring the deleterious impact of long prison or jail sentences on population health. Our findings also suggest that correctional health care professionals and post-release providers might consider offering comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and those providing community care should consider screening for previous incarceration as a marker of risk.

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