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Viruses, 2022 A hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and treatment program was conducted in Hungarian prisons on a voluntary basis. After HCV-RNA testing and genotyping for anti-HCV positives, treatments with direct-acting antiviral agents were commenced by hepatologists
Klára Werling +15 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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Cluster of legionnaires’ disease in an Italian prison [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is the most common etiologic agent causing Legionnaires’ Disease (LD). Water systems offer the best growth conditions for Lp and support its spread by producing aerosols.
Cala C. +8 more
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Status of Tuberculosis services in Indian Prisons
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Introduction: Prisons are known to be a high risk environment for tuberculosis (TB) due to overcrowding, low levels of nutrition, poor infection control and lack of accessible healthcare services.
Banuru Muralidhara Prasad +7 more
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Les savoirs des prisons : rationalité punitive et savoirs critiques
Tracés, 2009 Whether aiming at undermining the myths of the prison system, identifying the dominant rationale for the modern criminal justice system, or objectifying the structural violence of security in prisons, critical knowledge on prisons and criminal justice is
Gilles Chantraine
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Is increased hepatitis C virus case-finding combined with current or 8-week to 12-week direct-acting antiviral therapy cost-effective in UK prisons? A prevention benefit analysis [PDF]
, 2016 UNLABELLED: Prisoners have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), but case-finding may not have been cost-effective because treatment often exceeded average prison stay combined with a lack of continuity of care. We assessed the cost-effectiveness
Brew, Iain F. +10 more
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Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2017 Objective: The objective of this study is to develop a risk-screening questionnaire appropriate for cultural characteristics in detection of alcohol- and drug-use level through utilization of Addiction Profile Index (API) and perform the reliability and ...
Kültegin Ögel +2 more
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Prison Disaster Factors: A Case Study of Taipei Prison
Engineering Proceedings, 2023 Prisons have always been considered self-sufficient, and government disaster response plans at all levels rarely mention prisons. Prisons may face emergencies such as earthquakes, floods, fires, prison escapes, or riots.
Chi-Jan Huang +2 more
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‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas +4 more
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