Document 0936
 DOCN  M94A0936
 TI    Establishing a program to provide appropriate information and health
       care to prisoners at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 DT    9412
 AU    Hanan JL; De Sa CA; Biondi EJ; National AIDS Research Center, Hospital
       Universitario Gaffree e; Guinle, University of Rio de Janeiro.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):247 (abstract no. PC0348). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371639
 AB    OBJECTIVES: 1. To study the seroprevalence of HIV infection in 04
       prisons of Rio de Janeiro State: 2. To provide information, counseling,
       health care and psychosocial assistance to inmates: 3. To form
       information multipliers out of the inmates. METHODS: Since May 1993 a
       multiprofessional team composed by physicians (01), medical students
       (08), social workers (02) and psychologists (01) provide weekly visits,
       regular lectures on STD/AIDS, confidential and voluntary HIV testing,
       counseling before and after serology, health care and psychosocial
       assistance to inmates from 04 prisons in Rio de Janeiro State: Talavera
       Bruce, Moniz Sodre, Evaristo de Moraes and Ary Franco. The program is
       supported logistically by the government of Rio de Janeiro State.
       RESULTS: A seropositivity rate of 36.7% (32 out of 87) (voluntary
       testing). The way of acquisition of HIV infection was homosexual route
       in 34.37%, heterosexual + IV drug use in 34.37%, heterosexual route in
       9.37%, bisexual route in 15.62% and blood transfusion in 6.25%. Inmates
       frequently feel themselves stimulated in making questions during
       lectures, asking for personal counseling and HIV testing and in being a
       channel of dissemination personal counseling and HIV testing and in
       being a channel of dissemination of information. DISCUSSION: Even having
       been recently implemented, we believe the program is of utmost
       importance in providing appropriate message, counseling as well as
       health and psychosocial assistance to inmates. We hope the program will
       prove to be the embryo of a broader and more ambitions policy for
       preventing HIV transmission in prisons and providing health and
       psychosocial assistance to inmates in Rio de Janeiro State.
 DE    Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Counseling  Health Education  Human  *HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Information Services
       *Prisoners  MEETING ABSTRACT

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