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HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan Information Resource for South Africa (NSPiSA)
Abstract:Information on the characteristics and behavior of the prison population is reviewed in order to indicate the high risks they face in contracting HIV/AIDS. Among the factors implicated in HIV/AIDS and which render prisoners a high-risk population are: demographic factors such as gender (male), age (young), low SES, and low levels of education; compromised immune systems; previously contracted STIs; sexual frustration and deprivation; and exposure to infection by inmates due to overcrowding, sodomy, violence, sharing of iV needles, and un-hygenic tattooing practices.
Publication Type:Journal article
Authors:Goyer KC, Gow J
Source Title:Society in Transition 2001; 32(1): 128-132
Year:2001
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