HIV Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Prisoners in South Indian States: Evidence from HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2019–2020
Higher HIV prevalence than the general population was observed. A significant proportion of the prisoners exhibited HIV risk behaviors and a major gap in availing of HIV testing and treatment services exists. The findings emphasize the urgent need to intensify HIV testing and IEC to facilitate impactful behavioral change communication.
Authors
- Santhakumar Aridoss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0601-7415)
- Manikandan Natesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3245-407X)
- Malathi Mathiyazhakan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7938-8831)
- Nagaraj Jaganathasamy
- Elangovan Arumugam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4491-7171)
- Balasubramanian Ganesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1978-2650)
- Subasri Dhanusu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-6667)
Institutions
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- ICMR - National Institute of Immunohaemotology (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijph.ijph_1092_24
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00