Routine opt-out HIV testing strategies in a female jail setting: a prospective controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ten million Americans enter jails annually. The objective was to evaluate new CDC guidelines for routine opt-out HIV testing and examine the optimal time to implement routine opt-out HIV testing among newly incarcerated jail detainees.

Methods

This prospective, controlled trial of routine opt-out HIV testing was conducted among 323 newly incarcerated female inmates in Connecticut's only women's jail. 323 sequential entrants to the women's jail over a five week period in August and September 2007 were assigned to be offered routine opt-out HIV testing at one of three points after incarceration: immediate (same day, n = 108), early (next day, n = 108), or delayed (7 days, n = 107). The primary outcome was the proportion of women in each group consenting to testing.<

SUBMITTER: Kavasery R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2777332 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature