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The Five Nations model for prison health surveillance: lessons from practice across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101188638 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1741-3850 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17413842 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Public Health (Oxf) Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, c2004-
    • Subject Terms:
      Prisoners* ; Prisons*; Administrative Personnel ; Humans ; Ireland/epidemiology ; United Kingdom/epidemiology
    • Abstract:
      Background: Prison populations experience an increased burden of physical, mental and social health needs compared to the community, further impacted by the prison environment. Surveillance systems to monitor health and well-being trends in prisons are lacking, presenting a challenge to services planners, and policy makers who often lack evidence to inform decisions.
      Method: The Five Nations Health and Justice Collaboration, a body of experts on prison health across the UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI), met to share and discuss challenges and opportunities to developing robust prison health surveillance systems that could inform local provision, guide national policy and enable cross-border comparisons.
      Results: Challenges to robust prison health surveillance systems were shared across the UK and ROI. Methods of surveillance differed across nations and included performance indicators and outcome measures as part of local or national programs. All nations had strong public health infectious disease notification systems.
      Conclusions: The Five Nations Health and Justice Collaboration is proposing a new model for prison health surveillance, based on established guidelines for public health surveillance but with additional features that recognize the uniqueness of the prison environment and need for a whole prison approach, built on collaboration and sharing of data between health and justice sectors.
      (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: prisons; public health
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20191116 Date Completed: 20210625 Latest Revision: 20210625
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7685851
    • Accession Number:
      10.1093/pubmed/fdz122
    • Accession Number:
      31728521