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A PILOT STUDY EXAMINING FOOD INSECURITY AND HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON
AIDS education and prevention, v 25(2)
01 Apr 2013
PMID: 23514079
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Abstract
Annually 700,000 individuals are released from U.S. prison, many at risk for food insecurity and HIV. The association between food insecurity and HIV risk behaviors has been established but not in this population. To investigate this association, we recruited 110 recently released prisoners to participate in a survey. Ninety-one percent of our sample was food insecure; 37% did not eat for an entire day in the past month. Those who did not eat for an entire day were more likely to report using alcohol, heroin, or cocaine before sex or exchanging sex for money compared to those who had at least a meal each day. From this pilot study, released prisoners appear to be at risk for food insecurity, and not eating for an entire day is associated with certain HIV risk behaviors. HIV prevention efforts should include longitudinal studies on the relationship between food insecurity and HIV risk behaviors among recently released prisoners.
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- Title
- A PILOT STUDY EXAMINING FOOD INSECURITY AND HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON
- Creators
- Emily A. Wang - Yale UniversityGefei A. Zhu - Stanford UniversityLinda Evans - All Us None, Oakland, CA USAAmy Carroll-Scott - Yale UniversityRani Desai - College Station Medical CenterLynn E. Fiellin - Yale University
- Publication Details
- AIDS education and prevention, v 25(2)
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- P30MH062294 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 HD007545 / NICHD NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) T32HD007545 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) P30 MH062294; P30 MH 62294 / NIMH NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000316922100003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84877293865
- Other Identifier
- 991020836343404721
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