OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in an urban prison in sub-Saharan Africa. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING The Central Prison of Douala, Cameroon. RESULTS Two thousand four hundred and seventy four (87.4%) out of 2830 inmates underwent screening. Twenty seven (1.1%) of the inmates were under treatment for smear-posi...

The majority of the states in the USA have a process to project prison populations for the purpose of planning adequate capacity. Typical time series methods are ineffective because they do not take into account factors like sentence length, prior criminal history, revocations of community supervision, and legislative changes. Discrete event simulation has proven to be a viable alternative. The...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the role of emotional distress as well as ADHD symptomatology in explaining (a) recidivism, (b) behavioral disturbances in prison, and (c) violent and nonviolent offending. METHOD In all, 196 male prisoners from Aberdeen prison completed the Symptom Checklist-90, which examines various clinical symptoms and emotional distress. Current adult sympt...

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC? Suicide rates among prisoners are higher than in the general population. It has also been shown that specific risk factors, such as violent behaviour in prison, psychiatric diagnosis, substance abuse and previous suicide attempts are associated with self-harm in prison. Fifty per cent of prisoners who die by suicide have a history of self-harm and longitudin...

BACKGROUND In correctional settings tuberculosis is a public health concern. The incarcerated population is at greater risk for tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and associated risk factors in prison settings. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among prisoners of North ...

BACKGROUND The number of suicides in prison has increased over recent years. This is the first study to describe the clinical care of a national sample of prison suicides. AIMS To describe the clinical and social circumstances of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners. METHOD A national clinical survey based on a 2-year sample of self-inflicted deaths in prisoners. Detailed clinical and soci...

Evidence has shown that liver disease caused by hepatitis viruses can be more aggressive and severe in HIV infected subjects. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of HDV infection among HIV/HBV co-infected clients in Shiraz, southwest Iran. In this study, 178 patients co-infected with HBV and HIV individuals were enrolled. The diagnosis of HIV infect...

BACKGROUND One of the purposes of undergraduate medical education is to assist students to consider their future career paths in medicine, alongside the needs of the societies in which they will serve. Amongst the most medically underserved groups of society are people in prison and those with a history of incarceration. In this study we examined the experiences of medical students undertaking ...

Aims: To study the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) amongst inmates in Spanish prisons. Materials and Methods: Multi-centre, cross-sectional study; two stage sampling. Socio-demographic, prison and clinical variables were gathered. A univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis was carried out using logistic regression with the variables that showed statistical significance...

AIMS To study the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) amongst inmates in Spanish prisons. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multi-centre, cross-sectional study; two stage sampling. Socio-demographic, prison and clinical variables were gathered. A univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis was carried out using logistic regression with the variables that showed statistical significance...