Interventions to improve the implementation of evidence-based healthcare in prisons: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are challenges to delivering high quality primary care within prison settings and well-recognised gaps between evidence and practice. There is a growing body of literature evaluating interventions to implement evidence-based practice in the general population, yet the extent and rigour of such evaluations in incarcerated populations are unknown. We therefore conducted a scoping literature review to identify and describe evaluations of implementation interventions in the prison setting.

Methods

We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus, Scopus, and grey literature up to August 2021, supplemented by hand searching. Search terms included prisons, evidence-based practice, and implementation science with relevant synonyms. Two reviewers independently selected stud

SUBMITTER: Blackaby J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9809036 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature