Deadly disregard: Government refusal to implement evidence-based measures to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in prisons

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-264

  Elliott, Richard ^a  

^a Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; TATTOO; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TATTOOING;

ADULT; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PREVALENCE; PRISONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TATTOOING;

EID: 34547593913     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.070854     Document Type: Note

References (17)

1. Jürgens R, HIV/AIDS in prisons: final report Montreal: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Canadian AIDS Society; 1996. Available: www.aidslaw.ca /publica_ons/publicationsdocEN.php?ref=181 (accessed 2007 June 26).
2. Public Health Agency of Canada. Prison needle exchange: review of the evidence. Ottawa: The Agency; 2006.
3. Calzavara L, Ramuscak N, Burchell A, et al. Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Ontario remand facilities. CMAJ 2007;177:257-61.
4. Poulin C, Alary M, Lambert G, et al. Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Quebec provincial prisons. CMAJ 2007;177:252-6.
5. Lines R, Jürgens R, Betteridge G, et al. Prison needle exchange: lessons from a comprehensive review of international evidence and experience. 2nd ed. Toronto: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; 2006. Available: www.aidslaw.ca/publica_ons/pubIicationsdocEN.php?ref=184 (accessed 2007 June 26).
6. Correctional Service Canada (CSC). Infectious diseases prevention and control in Canadian federal penitentiaries 2000-01: a report of the Correctional Service of Canada's Infectious Diseases Surveillance System. Ottawa: CSC; 2003. Available: www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/infectiousdiseases/en.pdf (accessed 2007 June 26).
7. Skoretz S, Zaniewski G, Goedhuis NJ. Hepatitis C virus transmission in the prison/ inmate population. Can Commun Dis Rep 2004;30:141-8.
8. Robinson D, Mirabelli L. Summary of findings of the 1995 CSC national inmate survey. Ottawa: Correctional Service Canada; 1996. Available: www.csc-scc.gc.ca /text/rsrch/briefs/b14/toce_e.shtml (accessed 2007 June 26).
9. World Health Organization. Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe programming in reducing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users [Evidence for Action technical papers]. Geneva: The Organization; 2004. Available: www.who.int/hiv/pub /prev_care/en/effectivenesssterileneedle.pdf (accessed 2007 June 26).
10. Correctional Service Canada. HIV/AIDS in prisons: final report of the Expert Committee on AIDS and Prisons. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada; 1994.
11. Ontario Medical Association. Improving our health: Why is Canada lagging behind in establishing needle exchange programs in prisons? Toronto: The Association; 2004. Available: www.oma.org/phealth/omanep.pdf (accessed 2007 June 26).
12. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization. HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support in prison settings: a framework for an effective national response. New York: United Nations; 2006. Available: www.unodc.org/pdf/HIV- AIDS_prisons _July06.pdf (accessed 2007 June 26).
13. Correctional Service Canada (CSC). Safer Tattooing Pilot: questions & answers. Ottawa: CSC [obtained by the author in 2006 through an access-to-information request).
14. Correctional Service Canada (CSC). Draft evaluation report: Correctional Service Canada's Safer Tattooing Practices Pilot Initiative. Ottawa: CSC [obtained by the author in 2006 through an access-to-information request).
15. Kondro W. Conservative government scuttles needle exchange. CMAJ 2007;176:308.
16. Kondro W. Prison tattoo program wasn't given enough time. CMAJ 2007;176:307.
17. Hepatitis C as a roadmap for integrated communicable disease prevention andcontrol: a strategy for the renewal of the Health Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Research Initiative on Hepatitis C. Ottawa: Joint Advisory Committee of the Health Canada/CIHR Research Initiative on Hepatitis C; 2005.