Community-based intervention to manage an outbreak of MRSA skin infections in a county jail [0.03%]
一种基于社区的介入方式在县监狱中管控MRSA皮肤感染爆发
Abdallah F Elias,Michael S Chaussee,Emily J McDowell et al.
Abdallah F Elias et al.
This article describes a community-based intervention to manage an outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) skin infections in a midwestern county jail. A systematic investigation conducted by a...
Richard Tanner
Richard Tanner
This article presents birth weight outcome data for 200 pregnancies at the Indiana Women's Prison (IWP) over the last 4 years. Overall, 5.5% of the pregnancies at IWP had low birth weight outcomes. The rate was only 2% for women who were in...
Tuberculosis control: lessons for outbreak preparedness in correctional facilities [0.03%]
结核病控制：监狱等拘留场所应对疫情的启示
Farah M Parvez,Mark N Lobato,Robert B Greifinger
Farah M Parvez
Correctional facilities typically house large numbers of persons in close and crowded conditions for long periods. Clusters of communicable diseases ranging from simple viral upper respiratory infections to more serious threats, such as tub...
Lessons learned from 25+ years of universal health care provision: where is the voice of correctional health care? [0.03%]
关于普及性医疗卫生的二十年经验教训：矫正医疗服务的声音在哪里？
Roberto Hugh Potter
Roberto Hugh Potter
Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in an offender population: a meta-analysis [0.03%]
罪犯人群中的创伤性脑损伤流行率：一项系统综述和meta分析
Eric J Shiroma,Pamela L Ferguson,E Elisabeth Pickelsimer
Eric J Shiroma
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can create challenges to managing offenders and to their successful community reentry upon release. In this study, the researchers reviewed relevant articles in Pubmed, PsycInfo, Medline, and EmBase (1983 to 200...
Point-of-care INR determination, coumadin dosage changes, and use of a historical, self-updating database in a prison [0.03%]
监舍内凝血酶原时间的检查、华法林剂量调整以及使用具有历史记录和自我更新功能的数据库系统
David Mathis,Keisha O&#x;Reilly
David Mathis
Coumadin is the most dangerous medicine in common use in primary care medicine as well as in the correctional setting. In the Maryland Division of Correction's Eastern Correctional Institution, a multivendor collaboration between the medica...
Jennifer G Clarke,Maureen Phipps,Iris Tong et al.
Jennifer G Clarke et al.
Approximately 6% to 10% of women entering jails are pregnant. Women entering jail are often poor, medically underserved, and at high risk for substance abuse and unplanned pregnancies. We hypothesize that many women who are pregnant when en...
A Barbara Nedderman,Lee A Underwood,Veronica L Hardy
A Barbara Nedderman
Female offenders are showing a dramatic increase and presenting with several challenges to emotional stability. Current research literature notes the disadvantaged state of these women and psychological profiles reflecting depression, anxie...
Self-reported physical health of inmates: impact of incarceration and relation to optimism [0.03%]
服刑人员的自我报告身体状况：监禁的影响及与乐观的关系
Caron P Heigel,Jeffrey Stuewig,June P Tangney
Caron P Heigel
This study investigated the relationship between inmates' physical health concerns and optimism. Optimism has been consistently associated with physical health in community samples, but little research has examined this potentially malleabl...