ArticleBMC research notes2016
Access to primary care in adults in a provincial correctional facility in Ontario.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- "Just clearly the right thing to do": perspectives of correctional services leaders on moving governance of health-care in custody.International journal of prison health · 2024Article
- Make or break: Succeeding in transition from incarceration.PloS one · 2024Article
- The health of detainees and the role of primary care: Position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care.Primary health care research & development · 2022Review
- Rates of opioid agonist treatment prescribing in provincial prisons in Ontario, Canada, 2015-2018: a repeated cross-sectional analysis.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Healthcare in a pure gatekeeping system: utilization of primary, mental and emergency care in the prison population over time.Health & justice · 2021Article
- Putting the Patient First: A Scoping Review of Patient Desires in Canada.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2021Article
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- Attachment to primary care and team-based primary care: Retrospective cohort study of people who experienced imprisonment in Ontario.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019Article
- Medical nutrition therapy in Canadian federal correctional facilities.BMC health services research · 2019Review
- Health in correctional facilities is health in our communities.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2018Article
- The health care utilization of people in prison and after prison release: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2018Article
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- Erratum to: Access to primary care in adults in a provincial correctional facility in Ontario.BMC research notes · 2016Article
- Analysis of Emergency Healthcare Demand in a Prison.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaObservational
- Exploring Foot Care Conditions for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Community Participatory Approach.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about access to primary care either prior to or following incarceration in Canada. International data demonstrate that the health of people in prisons and jails is poor, and access to primary care in the community may be inadequate for incarcerated persons. We aimed to describe the primary care experience of adults in custody in a provincial correctional facility in Ontario in the 12 months prior to admission.
methodsWe conducted a written survey, and invited all persons in the institution to participate, excluding those in segregation.
resultsOne hundred and twenty-five persons participated, 16.8% of whom were women. The median age was 33. In the 12 months prior to admission to custody, 32.2% (95% CI 23.5-40.8%) of respondents did not have a family doctor or other primary care provider and 48.2% (95% CI 38.8-57.6%) had unmet health needs. Participants reported a mean of 2.1 (SD = 2.8) emergency department visits in the 12 months prior to admission.
conclusionsStudy participants report a lack of access to primary care, a high mean number of emergency department visits, and high unmet health care needs in the 12 months prior to incarceration. Time in custody may present an opportunity for connecting this population with primary care and improving health.
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