1994 update : HIV/AIDS and STDs in correctional facilities / by Theodore M. Hammett ... [and others]

Format:

Government document

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Hammett, Theodore M.

Contributor:

National Institute of Justice (U.S.)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, TB Prevention (U.S.)

Abt Associates.

Series:

Issues and practices in criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Health and hygiene--United States.

Prisoners.

Prisoners--Health and hygiene.

HIV (Viruses).

United States.

Prisoners--Medical care--United States.

Prisoners--Medical care.

AIDS (Disease)--United States.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV (Viruses)--United States.

Correctional institutions--United States.

Correctional institutions.

Genre:

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

xv, 87 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1995.

Contents:

Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and STDs in correctiona facilities and the population at large

HIV and STD education and behavioral interventions

HIV precautional and preventive measures

HIV and STD testing, counseling, confidentiality, and disclosure policies

Housing and correctional management of inmates with HIV/AIDS

Medical care and psychosocial services

legal issues

biomedical and epidemiological research developments.

Notes:

"This report [presents] results from the eighth national survey of HIV/AIDS in correctional facilities ... between May and December 1994 ..." -- p. iii.

"December 1995."

"Prepared for the National Institute of Justice ... by Abt Associates Inc., under contract #OJP-89-C-009 and Cooperative Agreement #94-IJ-CX-K005 ..." -- T.p. verso.

"Health and Justice" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

34350381