t drug use was common in this population; a 1978 survey demonstrated that 61 percent of inmates had used heroin, methadone, cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, or barbiturates. In a study of 17 federal facilities, 30 percent admitted to homosexual activity in prison (Ma & Armstrong, 1989, pp. 305-306).
Rates of progression of HIV infection and survival related to different, treated, sociodemograhic groups, have been studied. No relationship between disease progression and sex, race, injection-drug use, income, education level, or insurance status, was found. There were no significant differences in survival found between males and females or blacks and whites. Access to medical care was the more important survival predictor (Chaisson, Keruly, & Moore, 1995, pp. 751, 755).
Hispanics demonstrate rates of AIDS that are around three times that of the non-Hispanic population. Studies on AIDS awareness show that this population, more than whites or African Americans, believe that HIV is transmitted by donati
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