Gender differences in baseline health, needs at release, and predictors of care engagement among HIV-positive clients leaving jail.

Women represent a significant and growing segment of jail detainees and persons living with HIV. This paper examines gender differences in health status, care and social service needs, and care engagement among jail releasees with HIV. Data are from 1,270 participants in the HRSA-funded Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care and Social Services multisite demonstration project (EnhanceLink).

The impact of discontinuation of male STD screening services at a large urban county jail: Chicago, 2002-2004.

Background: Before April 2003, all male detainees were offered chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhea (GC) screening tests, after which services were limited to symptom-based testing. In 2003, male screening was discontinued at a large urban county jail.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of discontinuing universal male sexually transmitted disease screening in a large county jail.

Detection of chlamydial and gonococcal urethral infection during jail intake: development of a screening algorithm.

Objectives: To determine risk factors for chlamydial or gonococcal urethral infection among adult male detainees at Cook County Jail. To develop a screening algorithm with high sensitivity and specificity for detection of urethral infection.

Study Design: We interviewed adult male detainees and tested them for chlamydial or gonococcal urethral infection during jail intake from June 24 through July 29, 2004.