Skip to main content

Table 2 Inmates' history of STIs, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV

From: HIV education in a Siberian prison colony for drug dependent males

 

2000 (n = 153) Yes %

2001 (n = 124) Yes %

Ever had an STI

27

35

Ever diagnosed with hepatitis B

33

22*

Ever diagnosed with hepatitis C

20

15

Ever been tested for HIV

76

78

Of those tested,

  

Received any pre-test counselling

22 (n = 116)

20 (n = 97)

Received post-test counselling

15 (n = 116)

13 (n = 97)

Ever diagnosed with HIV

4 (n = 116)

0

Of those diagnosed with HIV,

  

Diagnosed within last 12 months

60 (n = 5)

-

  1. *p = .03