At-Risk Populations

HIV Risk High, Infection Rate Low in Marginalized Populations

Published in Sex Weekly Plus, March 17th, 1997

Ironically, social isolation may protect marginalized populations from HIV infection.

The finding comes from a targeted-sampling study of people in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who are homeless, chemically dependent but not in treatment, or mentally ill.

Data collected by a two-nurse team revealed a high level of high-risk behavior but found only two new cases - and confirmed only one previously identified case - of HIV infection among the 224 study participants.

The study, by N.E. Brace of the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, Colorado, appeared in the February 21, 1997 issue of the U.S....

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