HIV/AIDS
Reports from University of California, Nursing Department add new data to research in HIV/AIDS
Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, May 12th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal AIDS Patient Care and Stds, "Incarcerated HIV-infected persons in San Francisco have benefited from intensive case management in jail and postrelease, which includes but is not focused on interventions to prevent transmission. In this population of predominately injection drug users (IDUs), we had the opportunity to examine interview data from 1999 and 2005 that included health characteristics and risk factors."
"Those in 2005 were less likely to be satisfied with social support and less likely to be partnered; more likely to have some form of health insurance. On average, health was perceived in both periods...
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