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Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among prisoners and general population in Zomba, Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background TB remains a major global health problem. It is particularly prevalent in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa due to overcrowding, malnutrition, high HIV prevalence and insufficient medical services.
Victor Singano, Esther Kip, Wilson Ching’ani, Lawrence Chiwaula   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The way of enforcing the cultural rights of prisoners in the Polish and Hungarian prisons: the aspects of creativity

Creativity Studies, 2023
Education in Polish and Hungarian penitentiaries aims at the successful social reintegration of prisoners. Penitentiary institutions support prisoners by education of primary, secondary, and vocational training.
Márta Miklósi, Daria Becker-Pestka, Attila Károly Molnár   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Healthier prisons: The role of a prison visitors' centre [PDF]

, 2009
Since the inception of the prison as a ‘setting’ for health promotion, there has been a focus on how the health of those men and women who spend ‘time inside’ can at least be maintained and if possible, enhanced, during their prison sentence.
Baybutt M, Boswell G, Cunningham A, de Viggiani N, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Greenwood N, Hairston C, Hairston C F, Hartworth C, HM Chief Inspectorate of Prisons, Holt N, Home Office, Lester C, Light R, Light R, Loucks N, Loucks N, McCallum A, McEvoy K, Morris P, Niven S, NOMS, Salmon S, Smith C, Smith R, Social Exclusion Unit, Webster G, Woodall J, Woodward W   +30 more
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Mobilisations de prisonniers et stratégie syndicale en France et aux États-Unis. Perspective sociohistorique

Criminocorpus, 2019
From the beginning of the 1970s to the end of the next decade, a large number of prisoners’ unions have emerged in both France and the United States. From Attica prison riot to the continuous unrest in Fleury-Merogis, union-based strategies highlight ...
Joël Charbit
doaj   +1 more source

Prisoners’ access to HIV services in southern Malawi: a cross-sectional mixed methods study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among prisoners remains high in many countries, especially in Africa, despite a global decrease in HIV incidence.
Austrida Gondwe, Alemayehu Amberbir, Emmanuel Singogo, Joshua Berman, Victor Singano, Joe Theu, Steven Gaven, Victor Mwapasa, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Magren Paul, Lawrence Chiwaula, Joep J. van Oosterhout   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomedical Research Involving Prisoners: Ethical Values and Legal Regulation [PDF]

, 2007
Until the early 1970\u27s, approximately 90% of all pharmaceutical research was conducted on prisoners, who were also subjected to biochemical research, including studies involving dioxin and chemical warfare agents.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
core   +1 more source

Advanced Techniques for Scalable Woven E‐Textiles Manufacturing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in scalable weaving techniques for e‐textiles, emphasizing innovations in multilayer structures, conductive yarn integration, and loom modifications. It summarizes emerging materials, fabrication strategies, and performance considerations that enable reliable, durable, and industrially scalable woven electronic ...
Faisal Abedin, Seonyoung Youn, Amanda C. Mills   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuing the conversation: practical strategies to enable acceptable and feasible health research in prisons

Archives of Public Health
Within the unique structural, procedural, and social contexts of prisons, there are substantial challenges to conducting health research. Sharing approaches that facilitate study planning and implementation could support future research and foster ...
Jessica Gaber, Carolyne Kerrigan, Iridian M. Grenada, Nicole Kief, Jen Metcalfe, Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aberrant type 2 dopamine receptor availability in violent offenders with psychopathy

NeuroImage
Psychopathy is characterized by antisocial behavior, poor behavioral control and lacking empathy, and structural alterations in the corresponding neural circuits. Molecular brain basis of psychopathy remains poorly characterized.
Lasse Lukkarinen, Jouni Tuisku, Lihua Sun, Semi Helin, Henry K. Karlsson, Niina Venetjoki, Marja Salomaa, Päivi Rautio, Jussi Hirvonen, Hannu Lauerma, Jari Tiihonen, Lauri Nummenmaa   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethics of health research with prisoners in Canada

BMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background Despite the growing recognition for the need to improve the health of prisoners in Canada and the need for health research, there has been little discussion of the ethical issues with regards to health research with prisoners in Canada.
Diego S. Silva, Flora I. Matheson, James V. Lavery   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source