Differences in triage and medical confidentiality between prisons of Belgium and the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2021 Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe the opinions of prison doctors, and to compare the primary health care in prisons between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Avonts, Dirk +4 more
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Inside the institution of the Prison: A Researcher’s Perspective [PDF]
, 2015 This paper provides a researcher’s perspective on conducting research in prisons and offers advice for researchers. It provides a reflection on research experiences gained in prisons in Ireland.
Carrigan, Jane
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Foreign national prisoners in the UK: explanations and implications [PDF]
, 2011 This article examines the rapid expansion of the foreign national prison population in the UK against a backdrop of public and political anxiety about immigration and crime.
Allen +43 more
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Prison Health Discharge Planning- Evidence of an integrated care pathway or the end of the road? [PDF]
, 2013 This article is based on research conducted in several prisons in North East England. It explores the effectiveness of prisons, and the wider criminal justice system, at meeting the healthcare needs of inmates as they leave prison, or transfer between ...
Bradley +10 more
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, 2016 With its July 2015 announcement of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, the U.S. Department of Education ushered in what could be a new era of expanded opportunities for postsecondary education in our nation's prisons. The Second Chance Pell Pilot makes
Fred Patrick +2 more
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Fighting covid-19 outbreaks in prisons [PDF]
, 2020 Improving prison health services is critical for fighting epidemics such as covid-19. Prisoners are at much higher risk of infectious diseases than communities outside.
Thompson, Julian R., Yang, Hong
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The Leeds Evaluation of Efficacy of Detoxification Study (LEEDS) prisons project pilot study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing dihydrocodeine and buprenorphine for opiate detoxification [PDF]
, 2007 Background In the United Kingdom (UK), there is an extensive market for the class 'A' drug heroin. Many heroin users spend time in prison. People addicted to heroin often require prescribed medication when attempting to cease their drug use.
Adams, C.E. +5 more
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Prison staff and the health promoting prison. [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose – This paper aims to discuss some of the obstacles to implementing policy and strategy related to health promoting prisons. It focuses on the role of prison officers and raises issues concerning their conditions of service, training and ...
Dixey, R, Woodall, J
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Control and choice in English prisons: developing health-promoting prisons. [PDF]
, 2013 The 'health-promoting prison' has been informed by a broader settings-based philosophy to health promotion which conceptualizes health as the responsibility for all social settings.
Dixey, R, South, J, Woodall, J
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Cost-effectiveness of HCV case-finding for people who inject drugs via dried blood spot testing in specialist addiction services and prisons [PDF]
, 2013 ObjectivesPeople who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV), but many are unaware of their infection. HCV dried blood spot (DBS) testing increases case-finding in addiction services and prisons.
Hickman, Matthew +5 more
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