In spite of the progress being made by the medical community to treat HIV/AIDS, professionals and policymakers continue to face the formidable challenge of delivering effective services to HIV/AIDS clients in a wide variety of settings. This literature review will provide a thorough discussion of three articles that addressed these challenges from various perspectives: a) the effectiveness of HIV prevention services in correctional drug treatment programs (Lubelczyk, Friedmann, Lemon, Stein, & Gerstein, 2002); b) high-risk behaviors of inmates both in and out of the correctional settings, as well as effective interventions and public (Braithwaite, Hammett, & Arriola, 2002); and c) job satisfaction of those working in community-based HIV/AIDS organizations (Gimbel et al., 2002).
The increasing number of inmates who are affected by AIDS or infected by HIV due to their participation in high risk behavior both inside and outside the correctional settings are highlighted by Lubelczyk et al. (2002) and Braithwaite et al. (2002). According to Lubelcyzk et al. (2002), professionals in these settings should capitalize on the period of incarceration to provide appropriate interventions to inmates who are highly inaccessible in the general community. In spite of this necessity for implementing HIV/AIDS programs, both Lubelczyk et al. (2002) and Braithwaite (2002) asserted that these programs are often unavailable and inadequate. Nonetheless, with the increasing number of inmates who have HIV and AIDS, along with associated problems of security and safety for the inmates and the staff, there is a growing impetus for policymakers and professionals to adopt various strategies to combat the problem of HIV/AIDS in correctional facilities (Lubelczyk et al., 2002; Braithwaite et al., 2002).
In addressing this problem, Lubelczyk et al. (2002) conducted a study to determine whether the implementation of HIV prevention programs for incar...