Public Health/Corrections Collaborations: Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. Research in Brief

摘要

The missions of public health departments and correctional agencies are highly complementary: Correctional facilities and inmate populations are part of the larger community, and public health is integral to public safety. Public health and correctional agencies are increasingly working together to improve the health of inmates and, at the same time, the health of the larger community. The extent and nature of public health/corrections collaborations in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB, based on responses to the 1997 NIJ/CDC national survey of correctional systems and site visits to six States and five city/county jurisdictions. The correctional populations have higher rates of HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB, and more risk factors of these diseases than the general population.