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Prisons and AIDS: A Public Health Challenge

Ronald L. Braithwaite, Theodore M. Hammett, Robert M. Mayberry 

ISBN: 978-0-787-90308-4

September 1996

Jossey-Bass

272 pages

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Prisons and AIDS: A Public Health Challenge

Ronald L. Braithwaite,Theodore M. Hammett,Robert M. Mayberry

Hardcover
978-0-787-90308-4
September 1996
CAD $78.95
Description
The first book of its kind, Prisons and AIDS provides an important model for the design and implementation of HIV and AIDS education and prevention programs in correctional institutions. Through case studies and survey research from a variety of facilities, it reveals critical information about the proliferation of HIV and AIDS in the prison population, covering such topics as frequency of sexual contact, the use of condoms, amount of sexual activity among inmates, drug use, needle sharing, and tattooing behaviors.Written by experts in the field--including lead author Ronald L. Braithwaite, one of the foremost authorities on public health--this book is sensitive to disproportionate ethnic minority representation in the prison population--and offers strategies for developing culturally sensitive programs. The authors also present research which documents the patterns of HIV and AIDS cases among adult juvenile inmates, and explore relevant policies and programs--including education and prevention, testing and disclosure, parental notification, and housing.This resource is grounded in research and information from the National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About the Author
RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine where he formerly directed a Health Promotion Resource Center. He is the co-editor of Health Issues in the Black Community (1992, Jossey-Bass). THEODORE M. HAMMETT Ph.D., is a vice president at Abt Associates Inc, a policy research firm. His work has focused on public health, corrections, and criminal justice. ROBERT M. MAYBERRY M.P.H., Ph.D., is the director of the Morehouse Medical Treatment Effectiveness Center and associate clinical professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
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