Open AccessMale Incarceration Rates and Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Author(s) -
Emily Dauria,
Kirk W. Elifson,
Kimberly Jacob Arriola,
Gina M. Wingood,
Hannah L.F. Cooper
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000268
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , census , confounding , context (archaeology) , gerontology , population , environmental health , geography , archaeology , sociology
In the United States, rates of certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing. Contextual factors seem to play an important role in shaping STI transmission dynamics. This longitudinal study explores the relationship between one contextual determinant of health (the male incarceration rate) and rates of newly diagnosed STIs in census tracts in Atlanta, GA.