Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on the delivery and receipt of prison healthcare: an international scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People being held in prison are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, as places of detention are high-risk environments for spread of infection. Due to this risk, many prisons across the globe introduced measures to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. The pandemic changed almost all aspects of prison life, including prison healthcare provision. We undertook a scoping review to understand what is known about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the receipt and delivery of prison healthcare. This scoping review is part of a wider mixed-methods study focusing more specifically on the impact that Covid-19 had on prison healthcare delivery in England.

Methods

We conducted an international scoping review of peer-reviewed articles published between Decem

SUBMITTER: Hearty P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10583455 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature