European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes october 5, 1991 aids tests uncover top infection rate inside . Prisons on wings and a prayer the ungainly looking a plane sail floats past the statue of Liberty in new York i on tuesday ending a first Ever voyage across the Atlantic by a no pm Quot ered Ujj is the British built 54-foot trimaran is powered by towing Sand a a or so Quot a from the Cabin. The British Crew started in Plymouth England on aug. 14 sailing 4,200 Miles with Only two stops. Atlanta a More than 1.3 million aids tests were administered at government funded Sites last year ? a the highest infection rate was found in prisons rather than clinics or drug centers officials said thursday. The National centers for disease control said 65,171 aids tests were administered in prisons and 5.8 percent detected infection with his the virus that causes aids. That a compared with a 5.3 percent positive rate at drug treatment centers 2.9 percent at clinics for patients with sexually transmitted diseases and 0.8 percent at colleges. Overall about 51,000, or 3.7 percent of the 1,366,000 aids tests at Public Sites were positive. Two years earlier such Sites gave about 645,000 aids tests with about 30,000, or 4.7 percent positive. A the increase in testing is primarily in heterosexuals a who Are less frequently infected with the virus said Carl Campbell chief of program development at the cd cd a sexually transmitted disease his prevention division. A the percentage of positivity declined. Wed expect  among people with varying risk factors for aids the highest rate of positive tests occurred in acknowledged homosexual or bisexual men who also abused intravenous drugs a 19.5 percent. Gay male sex and use of drug Needles Are the two chief ways aids is spread according to the cd. Tests among heterosexuals who reported a risk for aids a either multiple sex partners or a partner already infected showed a 1.9 percent infection rate. But those people accounted for More than 40 percent of the aids tests Given at Public Sites last year the cd said. The Atlanta based cd cd a report cautioned that the data do not include aids tests Given in private doctors offices hospitals blood centers military installations or other Sites. Thus a the findings Are not representative of All persons in the United states a it said. The cd said an estimated 3.3 million people have been tested for aids since 1985 in Public programs such a those at government clinics and drug centers. About 185,000 of those tests have been positive. A a Large proportion of the estimated 1 million his infected persons in the United states remain unaware of their infection a the cd said. A cd report last year detailing the largest collection yet of aids test results cited infection rates of 0.1 percent in military testing 0.7 percent at Large Urban hospitals and 0.008 percent a about 8 in 100,000 a at american red Cross blood centers. That report found a somewhat lower rate at drug treatment centers 4.1 percent than the 5.3 percent at clinics cited in the new report. Last year the 65 programs performed 1,366,537 tests for the aids virus and 51,170 or 3.7 percent were positive. Sixty one percent of the tests and 64 percent of the positive results were were reported at clinics for sexually transmitted diseases and Sites devoted exclusively to his testing and counselling. Blacks Whites and hispanics accounted for 41 percent 35 percent and 18 percent respectively of total positive tests the cd said. Males accounted for 51.9 percent of the tests and 77.6 percent of the positive results. A total of 536,455 people who reported they were heterosexual were tested and 10,010, or 1.9 percent were his positive. Another 105,936 heterosexual injecting drug users were tested and 11,296 or 10.7 percent were positive. The largest percentage of positive tests 19.5 percent was recorded for homosexual bisexual male injecting drug users. The study showed that about 28 percent of those who tested positive for the aids virus failed to return to earn the results of their test and to receive counselling on the test results. 1-"w v a Man takes homeless experience to classroom a a1 a Bakersfield Calif. A homeless angry and a bit uncomfortable lecturing the tiny College class Len Doucette wants his students As riled up As he is. His lectures Are filled with anecdotes of Street life welfare lines and nights in shelters a fresh memories of four homeless years in san Francisco and Bakersfield. Doucette 55, said his course should dispel myths about the homeless and remind students that anyone is a one or two paychecks away from the streets. �?o1 want to get my students As angry As i am about the conditions a angry enough to do something about it a Doucette said at the Cal state University Bakersfield Campus where he lectures. Doucette got his Start in teaching by leading Field trips for students of Beverly Ovrebo a Public health professor at san Francisco stale University. A you get a sense of Mission and its genuine with him a he feels like nobody realizes or cares what is happening nov Ocbo said. Indeed Doucette a classes were slowed by student apathy. Homeless Ness and Public policy was publicized As a televised course at four state University campuses but Only about a dozen students signed up. A pretty sad Isnit it a said student Cathy Talley a Volunteer social worker. A the has so much insight into the problem. But people done to seem to be interested that we re raising an entire homeless  a few students dropped the course after the first lecture leaving eight enrolled at campuses in Fresno and Bakersfield. Doucette remains hopeful saying the remaining students Are a terribly thirsty for details about homeless issues. Doucette first became homeless four years ago after losing his clerical Job. He lived in san Francisco working part time jobs that did no to pay enough to cover rent. He briefly had his own apartment after moving the 300 Miles South to Bakersfield this january but is temporarily living with a Friend because he can to afford rent on his part time instructors pay. He will be paid no More than a few Hundred dollars based on a per student formula said Jaci Ward a program coordinator at the College. A a there a a lot of pain a lot of stigma and very real trauma attached to being a homeless person a Doucette said in an interview. A live literally lived Day by Day. In be Learned How to survive on the  Len Doucette relaxes after a lecture at California state University at Bakersfield