囚犯的健康问题
Seena Fazel1, Jacques Baillargeon
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK. seena.fazel@psych.ox.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|November 25, 2010
概括
在全球范围内,有超过1000万人被监禁,精神疾病和传染病的发病率更高. 监狱有助于疾病,影响囚犯的健康和释放后的死亡率,需要进一步研究改善健康的举措.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 全球有超过1000万人被监禁,在过去十年中,这个数字增加了大约100万.
- 与普通人口相比,监狱人口患有精神障碍和传染病的患病率更高.
- 在全球范围内记录了自杀率和所有原因死亡率的上升.
研究的目的:
- 检查监禁对疾病的贡献.
- 调查治疗和后期护理缺陷对不良结果的影响.
- 探索具体举措在改善囚犯健康和减少重犯方面的作用.
主要方法:
- 审查有关囚犯健康和死亡率的现有研究.
- 对监禁人口中疾病流行率的流行病学数据的分析.
- 检查导致不良健康结果和重犯的因素.
主要成果:
- 妇女,老年人 (55岁以上) 和青少年在监狱人口中表现出更高的各种疾病率.
- 治疗和后期护理方面的缺陷与糟糕的健康结果有关.
- 监狱对疾病和过早死亡的总体贡献仍未得到充分研究.
结论:
- 监狱与严重的健康负担有关,包括精神障碍,传染病和过早死亡.
- 女性,老年人和青少年等弱势群体需要有针对性的卫生干预措施.
- 需要进一步的研究来评估旨在改善囚犯健康和减少重犯的举措.
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