BACKGROUND Prisoners have extremely high rates of smoking with rates 3-4 times higher than the general community. Many prisoners have used heroin. The aims of this study were to investigate the impact of heroin use on smoking cessation and the social determinants of health among prisoners. METHODS Secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial of a multi-component smoking cessa...

Key points • Prisoners are often considered geriatric at the age of 50 or 55 years. • Plans should be made for the increasing use of health care services and medical care costs in the light of the growing number of older prisoners. • Consideration should be given to developing a geriatric, team-based model of care for older prisoners, particularly those with multimorbidity. • The medication lis...

Released prisoners diagnosed with psychotic disorders have elevated rates of violent reoffending risk and their exposure to adverse neighborhood environments may contribute to this risk. We identified all released sentenced prisoners in Sweden between 2003 and 2013 (n = 47226) and followed them up for a median period of 4.4 years. We identified prisoners who had ever been diagnosed with a psych...

BACKGROUND The population of ex-prisoners returning to their communities is large. Morbidity and mortality is increased during the period following release. Understanding utilization of emergency services by this population may inform interventions to reduce adverse outcomes. We examined Emergency Department utilization among a cohort of recently released prisoners. METHODS We linked Rhode Is...

(1) Background: The article addresses the reality of prison professionals in ordinary and open conditions, which includes perceptions women prisoners, due to their low institutional presence that limits reintegration, from a socio-educational perspective. aim is analyse psycho-emotional, educational, work-related dimensions perception female prisoners. (2) Methods: study was carried out with mi...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) were collected as part of a randomised controlled trial of a multi-component intervention to reduce smoking among male prisoners. Cross-sectional baseline data on CVRF were compared among smoking male prisoners and males of similar age in the general population. METHODS 425 smoking prisoners were recruited (n = 407 in New South Wales; 18 in Queens...

  Purpose: To compare early maladaptive schemas and coping styles in drug dependent and non-dependent prisoners of Zahedan city.   Materials and Methods: This was an ex post facto study. The population of the study consisted of all men prisoners of Zahedan prison in 2013. The participants were 240 prisoners among which 120 prisoners were selected by convenience sampling method and the rest by s...

Prisoners will undoubtedly experience major changes in the prison terms of environment, roles, and activities during their detention. All these make them a decrease self-esteem. Complementary therapy forms slow deep breathing essential oil Lavandula can cause physical psychological relaxation so that it is expected to affect prisoners’ This study aimed find out effect complementary therapies on...