| Title |
Incarceration and Risky Sexual Partnerships in a Southern US City
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Urban Health, November 2007
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11524-007-9237-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria R. Khan, David A. Wohl, Sharon S. Weir, Adaora A. Adimora, Caroline Moseley, Kathy Norcott, Jesse Duncan, Jay S. Kaufman, William C. Miller |
| Abstract |
Incarceration is strongly associated with HIV infection and may contribute to viral transmission by disrupting stable partnerships and promoting high-risk partnerships. We investigated incarceration and STI/HIV-related partnerships among a community-based sample recruited for a sexual behavior interview while frequenting venues where people meet sexual partners in a North Carolina city (N = 373). Men reporting incarceration in the past 12 months were more likely than men without recent incarceration to experience multiple new sexual partnerships (unadjusted prevalence ratio [PR] 1.8, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1-3.1) and transactional sex defined as trading sex for money, goods, or services (unadjusted PR: 4.0, 95% CI: 2.3-7.1) in the past 4 weeks. Likewise, women who were ever incarcerated were more likely than never-incarcerated women to experience recent multiple new partnerships (unadjusted PR: 3.1, 95% CI: 1.8-5.4) and transactional sex (unadjusted PR: 5.3, 95% CI: 2.6-10.9). Sexual partnership in the past 12 months with someone who had ever been incarcerated versus with partners with no known incarceration history was associated with recent multiple new partnerships (men: unadjusted PR 2.0, 95% CI 1.4-2.9, women: unadjusted PR 4.8, 95% CI 2.3-10.1) and transactional sex (men: unadjusted PR 3.3, 95% CI 1.7-6.6, women: unadjusted PR 6.1, 95% CI 2.4-15.4). Adjustment for demographic and socioeconomic variables had minimal effect on estimates. However, the strong overlap between incarceration, partner incarceration, and substance abuse had substantial effects in multivariable models. Correctional-facility and community-based HIV prevention, with substance abuse treatment, should reach currently and formerly incarcerated individuals and their sexual partners. |
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| United States | 6 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| Barbados | 1 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 1 | 10% |
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| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 76 | 97% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 22% |
| Researcher | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 16 | 21% |
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| Social Sciences | 20 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 17% |
| Psychology | 12 | 15% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
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