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ArticleArchives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2025

Continuing the conversation: practical strategies to enable acceptable and feasible health research in prisons.

Jessica Gaber, Carolyne Kerrigan, Iridian M Grenada, Nicole Kief, Jen Metcalfe, Fiona G Kouyoumdjian

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Article in Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jessica Gaber *Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON, Canada. jgaber@mcmaster.ca.
Carolyne Kerrigan *Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Iridian M GrenadaThe John Howard Society of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Nicole KiefPrisoners' Legal Services, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Jen MetcalfePrisoners' Legal Services, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Fiona G KouyoumdjianDepartment of Family Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Funding

Public Health Agency of Canada 2021-HQ-000098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within the unique structural, procedural, and social contexts of prisons, there are substantial challenges to conducting health research. Sharing approaches that facilitate study planning and implementation could support future research and foster critical discussion regarding best practices. During a qualitative study, we developed strategies to navigate the challenges of conducting research with participants who were currently incarcerated in prisons across Canada, including in participant recruitment, participation, and benefits. We found that creativity, flexibility, and responsiveness were key to surmounting barriers, mitigating risks, and optimizing study value. Our findings can be of value to other people conducting health research in prisons.

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Population health researchPrison healthResearch methods

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PMID40437525
PMCPMC12117776

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