Tattooing among Iranian prisoners: results of the two national biobehavioral surveillance surveys in 2015–2016

Saeede Jafari · Ghobad Moradi · Bushra Zareie · Mohammad Mehdí Gouya · Fatemeh Azimian Zavareh · Ebrahim Ghaderi

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Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

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BACKGROUND: Tattooing is among identified risk factor for blood-borne diseases. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the prevalence of tattooing during lifetime and in prisons and its related factors among Iranian prisoners. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. The required data was obtained from hepatitis B and C surveillance surveys in prisons in 2015-2016 that was collected through face-to-face interview. 12,800 prisoners were selected by multi-stage random sampling from 55 prisons of 19 provinces in Iran. Weighted prevalence and associated factors (using Chi-Square test and multivariate logistic regression) were determined by Stata/SE 14.0 survey package. RESULTS: Out of 12,800 prisioners, 11,988 participated in the study (93.6% participation rate). The prevalence of tattooing in lifetime and in prisons was 44.7% and 31.1% respectively. The prevalence of tattooing during lifetime was significantly associated with age<35 years, being single, illiteracy, history of imprisonment, drug use, piercing during lifetime, extramarital sex and history of STI; the prevalence of tattooing in prison had a significant association with history of imprisonment, drug use, piercing in prison, and history of extramarital sex (p<0.05). STUDY LIMITATIONS: Information and selection bias was one of the study limitations. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of tattooing during lifetime and in prison among prisoners was significantly high especially in high-risk groups such as drug users and sexually active subjects. Given the role of tattooing, drug injection and sex in the transmission of blood-borne diseases, harm reduction programs are recommended to reduce these high-risk behaviors in prisons.

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