在惩戒设施的居民和工作人员之间分析COVID-19率:一个远程医疗机会
Saif Khairat1, Aaron Bohlmann1, Erin Wallace1
1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Studies in health technology and informatics
|October 23, 2023
概括
监狱COVID-19的发病率显示,居民和工作人员之间有着密切的联系. 这表明,实施远程医疗策略可以有效地减少监狱中病毒的传播.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 惩戒设施是传染病爆发的高风险环境.
- 了解居民和工作人员之间的传播动态对于有效控制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查2019年新冠病毒病 (COVID-19) 感染率在监狱设置内的居民和工作人员之间的相关性.
- 为了确定在惩教设施内的潜在传播模式.
主要方法:
- 来自加利福尼亚州,佛罗里达州和威斯康星州的历史日常COVID-19病例数据的分析.
- 审查了78250个居民案件和25392个工作人员案件.
- 统计评估居民和工作人员感染率之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在监狱居民和工作人员的COVID-19感染率之间观察到显著的积极关联.
- 数据表明,在监狱环境中,这两个不同的种群中发生了同步爆发.
结论:
- 这些发现强调了监狱居民和监狱工作人员之间COVID-19传播的相互联系.
- 远程医疗干预显示出作为减轻和控制惩戒设施爆发的战略具有前景.
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