Opportunities for AIDS prevention in a rural state in criminal justice anddrug treatment settings

This study examined the likelihood that drug users would receive HIV/ AIDS prevention information and supplies (e.g., condoms and bleach) in the rural state of Kentucky. Despite evidence of high HIV risk among criminal justic e and substance-using populations, incarceration and substance-user treatme nt were only minimally associated with prior HIV prevention exposure or HIV testing. These data strongly support the use of criminal justice and treat ment settings to provide AIDS prevention interventions for the high-risk dr ug-using populations they serve, and to target HIV prevention services in r ural as well as urban areas.