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General Reports
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  African American Female Offender's Use of Alternative and Traditional Health Services After Re-Entry: Examining the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations.
Oser CB, Bunting AM, Pullen E, Stevens-Watkins D.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016;27(2A):120-48.
Abstract

Mental Health Issues of Women After Release From Jail and Prison: A Systematic Review.
Stanton AE, Kako P, Sawin KJ.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2016 Apr 21:
Abstract

Psychosocial Pathways to Sexual Dysfunction Among Female Inmates.
Baltieri DA.

Arch Sex Behav
. 2014 Feb 5.
Abstract

Summary of the 2007 National Inmate Infectious Diseases and Risk-Behaviours Survey for Women. Ottawa:
Thompson, J., Zakaria, D. & Grant, B.
Research Report  238 Correctional Service Canada.February 2011
Abstract

 

STIs/STDs
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Incarcerated Women: Findings From a Decade of Screening in a Los Angeles County Jail, 2002-2012.
Javanbakht M, Boudov M, Anderson LJ, et al

Am J Public Health
. 2014 Sep 11:e1-e7.
Abstract 

Efficacy of an Adapted HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Fogel CI, Crandell JL, Neevel AM, et al  
Am J Public Health
. 2014 Sep 11:e1-e8
Abstract

Context of Risk for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Incarcerated Women in the South: Individual, Interpersonal and Societal Factors.
Fogel CI, Gelaude DJ, Carry M,  et al
Women Health. 2014 Sep 10
Abstract 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Chlamydia trachomatis infection among female inmates at Briman prison in Saudi Arabia.
Fageeh W, Badawood S, Al Thagafi H,  et al

BMC Public Health
. 2014 Mar 20;14(1):267
Paper

Cost-effectiveness of screening men in Maricopa county jails for Chlamydia and gonorrhea to avert infections in women.
Gopalappa C, Huang YL, Gift TL,
Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Oct;40(10):776-83
Abstract 

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Female sex workers incarcerated in New York City jails: prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated risk behaviors.
Parvez F, Katyal M, Alper H, et al
Sex Transm Infect
. 2013 Jun;89(4):280-4
Paper

Prevalence and predictors of trichomonas infection in newly incarcerated women.
Nijhawan AE, Chapin KC, Salloway R, et al
Sex Transm Dis
. 2012 Dec;39(12):973-8.
Abstract

Sexual Risk-Taking Mediates the Association between Impulsivity and Acquisition of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Hazardously Drinking Incarcerated Women.
Hayaki J, Anderson BJ, Stein MD.
Am J Addict. 2012 Nov;21 Suppl 1:S63-71
Abstract

The Association Between Trichomonas Infection and Incarceration in HIV-Seropositive and At-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women.
Nijhawan AE, Delong AK, Celentano DD
Sex Transm Dis
. 2011 Dec;38(12):1094-1100.
Abstract

Methamphetamine Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Incarcerated Female Adolescents with a Diagnosed STD.
Steinberg JK, Grella CE, Boudov MR,  et al
J Urban Health
. 2011 Apr;88(2):352-64.
Abstract

Condom Use Among Sterilized and Nonsterilized Women in County Jail and Residential Treatment Centers.
Pruitt SL, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM, Mullen PD.
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Womens Health Issues
. 2010 Sep 28
Abstract

 

HBV Infection/Disease
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Leveraging the U.S. Criminal Justice System to Access Women for HIV Interventions.
Meyer JP, Muthulingam D, El-Bassel N, Altice FL.
AIDS Behav. 2017 May 22.
Abstract

Hepatitis A, B, C and HIV Infections among Finnish Female Prisoners - Young Females a Risk Group.
Viitanen P, Vartiainen H, Aarnio J,  et al
J Infect
. 2010 Nov 15.
Abstract

Predictors of hepatitis B vaccination in women prisoners in two prisons in England.
Plugge EH, Yudkin PL, Douglas N  

J Public Health
(
Oxf). 2007 Sep 18;
Abstract

Community Incidence of Hepatitis B and C among Reincarcerated Women.
Macalino GE, Vlahov D, Dickinson BP, et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 1;41(7):998-1002.
Abstract

 

HCV Infection/Disease
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Rural Incarcerated Women: HIV/HCV Knowledge and Correlates of Risky Behavior.
Peteet B, Staton M, Miller-Roenigk B, et al  
Health Educ Behav. 2018 Apr 1:1090198118763879
Abstract

Drug use, hepatitis C, and service availability: perspectives of incarcerated rural women.
Staton-Tindall M, Webster JM, Oser CB,
Soc Work Public Health. 2015 Jul;30(4):385-96
Abstract

Hepatitis A, B, C and HIV Infections among Finnish Female Prisoners - Young Females a Risk Group.
Viitanen P, Vartiainen H, Aarnio J,  et al
J Infect
. 2010 Nov 15.
Abstract

A survey of HIV and HCV among female prison inmates in Portugal.
Barros H, Ramos E, Lucas R. 

Cent Eur J Public Health
. 2008 Sep;16(3):116-20
Abstract

Community Incidence of Hepatitis B and C among Reincarcerated Women.
Macalino GE, Vlahov D, Dickinson BP, et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 1;41(7):998-1002.

Abstract

 

HIV/Infection/Disease
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Rural Incarcerated Women: HIV/HCV Knowledge and Correlates of Risky Behavior.
Peteet B, Staton M, Miller-Roenigk B, et al  
Health Educ Behav. 2018 Apr 1:1090198118763879
Abstract

The HIV Prison Paradox: Agency and HIV-Positive Women's Experiences in Jail and Prison in Alabama.
Sprague C, Scanlon ML, Radhakrishnan B, Pantalone DW.

Qual Health Res
. 2016 Oct 14.
Abstract

Factors Associated with HIV Testing among African American Female Adolescents in Juvenile Detention Centers.
Seth P, Raiford J, DiClemente RJ.

AIDS Behav
. 2016 Feb 12.
Abstract

Substance Use and HIV Among Female Sex Workers and Female Prisoners: Risk Environments and Implications for Prevention, Treatment, and Policies.
Strathdee SA, West BS, Reed E, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2015 Jun 1;69 Suppl 1:S110-S117.
Abstract

Epidemiological Criminology: Contextualization of HIV/AIDS Health Care for Female Inmates.
Lanier MM, Zaitzow BH, Farrell CT
J Correct Health Care. 2015 Apr;21(2):152-63.
Abstract

Efficacy of an Adapted HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Fogel CI, Crandell JL, Neevel AM, et al  

Am J Public Health
. 2014 Sep 11:e1-e8
Abstract

Reducing risky relationships: a multisite randomized trial of a prison-based intervention for reducing HIV sexual risk behaviors among women with a history of drug use.
Knudsen HK, Staton-Tindall M, Oser CB,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2014 Sep;26(9):1071-9.
Abstract

Measuring HIV Knowledge Among Women Incarcerated in Jail.
Roberson DW.
J Correct Health Care. 2014 Jun 16;20(3):213-219.
Abstract

Sexuality, Sexual Practices, and HIV Risk Among Incarcerated African-American Women in North Carolina.
Farel CE, Parker SD, Muessig KE, et al

Womens Health Issues
. 2013 Nov-Dec;23(6):e357-64.
Abstract

Project Power: Adapting an Evidence-Based HIV/STI Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women.
Fasula AM, Fogel CI, Gelaude D,  et al
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2013 Jun;25(3):203-15.
Abstract

Risky Relationships: Targeting HIV Prevention for Women Offenders.
Leukefeld C, Havens J, Tindall MS,  et al
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2012 Aug;24(4):339-49.
Abstract

Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding condom use among women prisoners: the prevention of STD/HIV in the prison setting.
Nicolau AI, Ribeiro SG, Lessa PR, et al
Rev Esc Enferm USP
. 2012 Jun;46(3):711
Abstract

Hepatitis A, B, C and HIV Infections among Finnish Female Prisoners - Young Females a Risk Group.
Viitanen P, Vartiainen H, Aarnio J,  et al
J Infect
. 2010 Nov 15.
Abstract

A Critical Review of HIV-Related Interventions for Women Prisoners in the United States.
Lichtenstein B, Malow R. 
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2010 Mar 27
Abstract

 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
 
Public health program for female inmates in Mexico City: detection and care of HIV and other diseases
N. Gras, A. González L. Juárez, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV-health related issues and coping strategies in female prisoners in Indonesia
J. Blogg, B. Utomo, R. Power

(XX International AIDS Conference)

Abstract

Challenges of elimination of HIV transmission from mother to child (EMTCT) data management: experiences from 14 police and prison health facilities in Uganda
B. Lutimba Mutebi, G. Luboobi, E. Tanga, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


HIV/HCV Coinfection
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Behavior associated with HIV and HCV infection in female prison inmates in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Strazza L, Massad E, Azevedo RS, Carvalho HB.  

Cad Saude Publica.
2007 Jan;23(1):197-205.

Abstract

Human Papillomavirus Infection
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Incarcerated women's HPV awareness, beliefs, and experiences.
Pankey T, Ramaswamy M. 
Int J Prison Health. 2015;11(1):49-58.
Paper

Human papillomavirus infection in human immunodeficiency virus-positive Taiwanese women incarcerated for illicit drug usage.
Chu FY, Lin YS, Cheng SH.
J Microbiol Immunol Infect
. 2012 Jul 27.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Oral infection by the Human Papilloma Virus in women with cervical lesions at a prison in Săo Paulo, Brazil.
Zonta MA, Monteiro J, Santos Jr G, Pignatari AC.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
. 2012 Apr;78(2):66-72.
Paper


Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in incarcerated adolescents.
Cromwell PF, Risser WL, Risser JM.
Sex Transm Dis 2002 Jul;29(7):391-6
Abstract
 

Trichomonas vaginalis
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Prevalence and correlates of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among female US federal prison inmates.
Sutcliffe S, Newman SB, Hardick A, Gaydos CA.

Sex Transm Dis
. 2010 Sep;37(9):585-90

Abstract
 

Cervical Cancer
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer in Criminal Justice Settings.
Binswanger IA, Mueller S, Clark CB, Cropsey KL. J
Womens Health
(Larchmt)
. 2011 Oct 17
Abstract

Three-year follow-up study of women who participated in a cervical cancer screening intervention while in prison.
Martin RE, Hislop TG, Moravan V, et al
Can J Public Health. 2008 Jul-Aug;99(4):262-6.
Abstract

 

Cardiovascular Disease
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and women prisoners in the UK: the impact of imprisonment.
Plugge EH, Foster CE, Yudkin PL, Douglas N.
 
Health Promot Int
. 2009 Dec;24(4):334-43.
Abstract

Three-year follow-up study of women who participated in a cervical cancer screening intervention while in prison.
Martin RE, Hislop TG, Moravan V, et al
Can J Public Health. 2008 Jul-Aug;99(4):262-6.
Abstract

 

Diabetes
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Female Inmates with Diabetes: Results from Changes in a Prison Food Environment.
Firth CL, Sazie E, Hedberg K, et al

Womens Health Issues. 2015 Sep 5
Abstract

 


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