Contemporary Sexuality - October 2008 - (Page 9) agents, a principal reason for a three-fold increased risk of nonadherence that approaches 70 percent in the first months of treatment and leads to increased relapse, recurrence, disability and resource utilization by affected patients,” the authors write. It is believed no randomized controlled trial has demonstrated an effective treatment for women experiencing sexual disorders associated with SRIs. H. George Nurnberg, MD, of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N.M., and colleagues compared the efficacy of sildenafil against placebo for treatment of sexual disorders associated with SRI treatment in 98 women (average age 37) with major depression in remission. Participants were randomly assigned to take sildenafil (n = 49) or placebo (n = 49) at a flexible dose starting at 50 mg, adjustable to 100 mg, approximately one to two hours before anticipated sexual activity, for 8 weeks. The researchers found that 73 percent of women taking placebo, compared with 28 percent of women taking sildenafil, reported no improvement with treatment. On a clinicianrated severity improvement scale, women in the sildenafil group showed greater improvement in sexual function than women in the placebo group. (JAMA, July 23) male (73 percent) than victims of staff-on-youth violence (49 percent). Females were more likely to be victims of staff sexual violence than victims of youth-on-youth sexual violence (51 percent versus 27 percent). More than 60 percent of incidents of sexual violence took place outside the victims’ room or dormitory. A quarter of the incidents took place in a common area. In more than two-thirds of the incidents, the victim or another youth reported the incident. Force or threat of force was more common among male victims (32 percent) of youth-onyouth incidents of sexual violence than among female victims (6 percent). A third of older victims (age 16 or older) had been injured, physically forced, held down or threatened (34 percent). (Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 31) The report can be found at www.ojp.usdoj. gov/bjs/abstract/svrjca0506.htm. About 4,072 teens held in juvenile facilities were sexually abused in 2005 and 2006. — U.S. Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics Government underestimates HIV infection rates Forty percent more Americans — 56,300, not 40,000 as previously estimated — are contracting the AIDS virus annually. That’s the conclusion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recently revised its estimates after a new blood test was put into use that more accurately predicts when a person contracted the disease. “Our earlier estimate was based on less precise methods,” says the CDC’s Irene Hall. With HIV/AIDS infections increasing at double-digit rates among young gay men, the CDC is experimenting with new ideas to stop the spread of the disease. In last month’s issue, we reported on a website being developed at the University of Minnesota. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a CDC-sponsored program is giving away gift cards to influential gay men as a way of encouraging them to talk to others about HIV prevention. Critics say these programs don’t go far enough. Federal HIV/AIDS prevention funding has remained unchanged for seven years at $700 million. Although men having sex with men (MSM) account for 53 percent of new HIV/AIDS cases, only 42 percent of prevention dollars are targeted at that group. David Holtgrave, PhD, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, said, “At minimum, we need to be matching percentages to where the epidemic is.” (Associated Press, Aug. 8 and New Scientist, Aug. 4) Feds begin tracking sexual violence in juvenile jails About 4,072 teens held in juvenile facilities were sexually abused in 2005 and 2006, according to a new study by the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That’s the equivalent of about 16.8 allegations of abuse per 1,000 youth held in state, local or private facilities. An estimated 36 percent of the allegations of sexual violence in juvenile facilities were youthon-youth nonconsensual sexual acts, such as rape and forcible sodomy; 21 percent were youth-onyouth abusive sexual contacts, such as unwanted touching or grabbing with the intention to exploit sexually. About 32 percent of all allegations of sexual violence involved staff sexual misconduct, defined as any act of a sexual nature directed toward a youth, either consensual or nonconsensual; 11 percent involved staff sexual harassment, including repeated comments or demeaning references of a sexual nature to a youth. Sexual misconduct involving staff-on-youth accounted for 28 percent of all substantiated incidents, while staff sexual harassment of youth accounted for 8 percent. 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