The impact of carceral churn and healthcare organizations on HIV/AIDS incidence in Arkansas

Chloe E Haimson; Jessica T Simes; John M Eason; Jienian Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101355

The impact of carceral churn and healthcare organizations on HIV/AIDS incidence in Arkansas

SSM Popul Health. 2023 Feb 1:21:101355. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101355. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Chloe E Haimson¹, Jessica T Simes², John M Eason³, Jienian Zhang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Prison Education Program of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New York University, United States.
² Department of Sociology, Boston University, United States.
³ Department of Sociology, Brown University, United States.
⁴ Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington, United States.

Abstract

•Penal and healthcare institutions generate and mitigate community-level health inequality, respectively.•Arkansas Counties with high prison churn and disadvantage have higher rates of HIV/AIDS.•Hospital density moderates effect of prison churn on incidence of HIV/AIDS.