Research Article
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192791 February 15, 2018
A policy brief on the organization of prison health
Рекомендации с позиций общественного здравоохранения
Пересмотренное издание
Программа по ВИЧ/СПИДу
Practical Guideline for collaborative interventions
Technical Brief
Damon Barrett, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Martiani Oktavia, Jeanette Olsson, Mira Schneiders and Kate Welch provided background papers and literature reviews which informed this technical series.
2016 Update
Key population
Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate nutrition and exposure to violence—prisons also pr...esent important opportunities to promote health and risk reduction that need to be tapped.
Some recommended remedies:
Health ministries, not ministries of justice, should manage health care responsibilities
Ensure that testing is available, but not mandatory, for infectious diseases
Make prison health part of the broader public health agenda
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