Wang Emily A, Zhu Gefei A, Evans Linda, Carroll-Scott Amy, Desai Rani, Fiellin Lynn E
General Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2013 Apr;25(2):112-23. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.2.112.
Annually 700,000 individuals are released from U.S. prison, many at risk for food insecurity and HIV. The association between food insecurity and HIV risk behaviors has been established but not in this population. To investigate this association, we recruited 110 recently released prisoners to participate in a survey. Ninety-one percent of our sample was food insecure; 37% did not eat for an entire day in the past month. Those who did not eat for an entire day were more likely to report using alcohol, heroin, or cocaine before sex or exchanging sex for money compared to those who had at least a meal each day. From this pilot study, released prisoners appear to be at risk for food insecurity, and not eating for an entire day is associated with certain HIV risk behaviors. HIV prevention efforts should include longitudinal studies on the relationship between food insecurity and HIV risk behaviors among recently released prisoners.
美国每年有70万人从监狱获释，其中许多人面临粮食不安全和感染艾滋病毒的风险。粮食不安全与艾滋病毒风险行为之间的关联已经确立，但在这一人群中尚未得到证实。为了调查这种关联，我们招募了110名刚获释的囚犯参与一项调查。我们样本中的91%存在粮食不安全问题；37%的人在过去一个月里有一整天没吃东西。与每天至少吃一顿饭的人相比，那些一整天没吃东西的人更有可能报告在性行为前使用酒精、海洛因或可卡因，或为钱而进行性交易。从这项初步研究来看，刚获释的囚犯似乎面临粮食不安全风险，一整天不吃东西与某些艾滋病毒风险行为有关。艾滋病毒预防工作应包括对刚获释囚犯中粮食不安全与艾滋病毒风险行为之间关系的纵向研究。
