Parole officer-parolee relationships and HIV risk behaviors during community supervision.
Document Type
Article, Non peer-reviewed
Publication Date
9-30-2013
Abstract
We tested if good parole officer (PO)-parolee relationships reduce HIV risk behaviors during parole, as they do for risk of rearrest. Analyses used data from 374 parolees enrolled in a randomized clinical trial. Past month HIV risk behaviors were assessed by interview at baseline, 3- and 9-months after parole initiation. The Working Alliance Inventory and the Dual-Role Relationships Inventory measured PO relationship. Gender-stratified multivariate regressions tested associations of PO-parolee relationship with sex with multiple partners, unprotected sex with risky partner(s), and drug injection. Women parolees (n = 65) who reported better PO relationship characteristics were less likely to report having multiple sex partners [adjusted odds ratio: 0.82 (0.69, 0.98) at 3-months, 0.89 (0.80, 0.99) at 9-months], and, among those reporting multiple sex partners, had fewer partners on average [adjusted relative risk 0.98 (0.96, 0.99)]. These effects were not found among men. PO-parolee relationship quality can influence sexual risk behaviors among women parolees.
Recommended Citation
Green, Traci C.; Johnson, Jennifer; Harrington, Magdalena; Pouget, Enrique R.; Rhodes, Anne G.; Taxman, Faye S.; O'Connell, Daniel J.; Martin, Steven S.; Prendergast, Michael; and Friedmann, Peter D., "Parole officer-parolee relationships and HIV risk behaviors during community supervision." (2013). All Scholarly Works. 8384.
https://scholarlycommons.libraryinfo.bhs.org/all_works/8384
PMID
22038082