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Hepatitis C Virus and Hispanic Criminal Justice Clients: A Missed Opportunity.

ABSTRACT: To compare the willingness for HCV testing, HCV-knowledge, socio economic status, and HCV related risky behavior among male and female Latino offenders. Participants (n = 201) were recruited from the corrections system in Miami and interviewed. Backward stepwise logistic regression was conducted to compare gender-associated risk. Females (n = 81) were more likely to be engaged in risky sexual and drug behavior compared to males (n = 120). Overall, around 70% of the study population were interested to be tested for HCV if offered with no gender difference (OR 1.4, 95% CI 0.4-4.9). However, females were more likely to have lower income (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.5-0.9) and engage in more HCV related risky sexual behaviors (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.3-6.2), despite having better HCV related knowledge in five out of six items (OR 1.5-3.2), but had less crime activity (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.5-0.8). HCV screening among Latino offenders would offer an efficient opportunity to reduce its burden as well as increase knowledge among vulnerable and high-risk population.

SUBMITTER: Auf R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061066 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hepatitis C Virus and Hispanic Criminal Justice Clients: A Missed Opportunity.

Auf Rehab R Cano Miguel Ángel MÁ Selim Marah M O'Connell Daniel D Martin Steve S Ibañez Gladys E GE

Journal of immigrant and minority health 20200801 4

To compare the willingness for HCV testing, HCV-knowledge, socio economic status, and HCV related risky behavior among male and female Latino offenders. Participants (n = 201) were recruited from the corrections system in Miami and interviewed. Backward stepwise logistic regression was conducted to compare gender-associated risk. Females (n = 81) were more likely to be engaged in risky sexual and drug behavior compared to males (n = 120). Overall, around 70% of the study population were interest ...[more]

PMID: 31502109

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Project description:ImportanceHealth disparities between African Americans and Whites have persisted in the United States. Researchers have recently hypothesized that the relatively poor health of African Americans may be caused, in part, by African American overrepresentation in the criminal justice system.ObjectivesTo test the hypothesis that criminal justice system involvement is associated with poor health and greater health risk when controlling for unobserved family factors through a discordant sibling design.MethodsSubjects were drawn from the Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging (CAATSA). Criminal conviction records were extracted from North Carolina's Department of Public Safety. Six measures of health and one measure of health risk were analyzed. The health of convicted respondents was compared to that of unrelated non-convicted respondents matched on childhood and demographic factors ("matched sample"). Convicted respondents were also compared to non-convicted siblings ("discordant sibling sample").ResultsThe matched sample included 134 CAATSA respondents. On average, convicted CAATSA respondents, compared to matched non-convicted respondents, were in worse health. Convicted respondents had worse mean self-reported health, worse lung function, more depressive symptoms, and smoked more. The discordant sibling sample included 74 respondents. Convicted siblings and non-convicted siblings had similar self-reported health, depressive symptoms, and smoking. In general, non-convicted siblings were in worse health than non-convicted respondents from the matched sample, implying that poor health runs in families.ConclusionsThis study provided preliminary evidence that some of the association between a criminal record and poor health is confounded by family factors. Though more research is needed to support these results, the study suggests that criminal involvement may not be associated with the surfeit of health problems observed among African Americans. The criminal justice system, nonetheless, could be used to decrease the health disparity.

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Hepatitis C Virus and Hispanic Criminal Justice Clients: A Missed Opportunity.

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Hepatitis C Virus and Hispanic Criminal Justice Clients: A Missed Opportunity.

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