Transcript Health in Prisons Project

Health in Prisons Project
Health in Prisons – A WHO guide to the
essentials in prison health
NDPHS meeting
Paris, 18-19 June 2007
Dr Lars Moller, PhD
World Health Organization
Regional Office for Europe
Health in Prisons Project
Establishing a Monitoring Mechanism on
Prison Health Indicators and Health
Determinants
• The project started officially September
2005 with grant from Public Health
Programme
• Partners involved:
– EMCDDA
– ENDIPP (Cranstoun Drug Services and
WIAD)
Health in Prisons Project
Activities
• To establish an information/surveillance system on
prison health, leading to a greater understanding of
the incidence/prevalence and spread of disease and
ill-health in prisons and between prisons and the
society.
• To establish an European Network of national experts
on prison health in order to facilitate the
implementation of a data collection procedure.
• To support and encourage EU Member States,
applicant and neighbouring countries to implement a
system to monitor prison health.
Health in Prisons Project
Activities
• To develop evidence-based guidance on costeffective disease control and health promotion in
prisons as part of national strategies for public health
protection and promotion.
• Develop an early warning system on communicable
diseases and changes in psychotropic drug use in
prisons in order to protect public health.
Database
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• Database established
– Questionnaire developed
– Pilot Study in five Member States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Romania, Portugal)
– Update of questionnaire
– Tested in 9 EU Member States
– Update of questionnaire
– Network meetings, October 2005 and October 2006
– More than 200 indicators
– On-line data entry system developed
– System for presentation by countries or in
tables/graphs/maps developed
Network
• 34 Member States are actively involved (20 EU
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Member States):
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14 from west Europe:
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Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,
Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland,
United Kingdom (England, Wales and Scotland)
13 from centre Europe:
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Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania,
Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
7 from east Europe:
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Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan
Prison health guide
• Health in Prisons – A WHO guide to the
Health in Prisons Project
essentials in prison health
• Published 2 May 2007
• Co-sponsored by
• Public Health Programme
• Dutch Ministry of Health
• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• WHO Regional Office for Europe
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Content
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179 pages
14 chapters
17 authors
5 editors
Editorial board representing a variety of
international organizations.
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Who this guide is for?
• This guide has been created for everyone who works
in a prison or has a part to play in promoting the
health of prisoners and/or staff
• Everyone has a part to play to make prisons healthier
places for both staff and inmates and to ensure that
health protection and health promotion activities in
prison can be successful
• Applying the recommendations of the guide will
produce a healthy prison with satisfying roles for staff
members and a marked reduction in the harm that
imprisonment can create.
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INTRODUCTION
STANDARDS IN PRISON HEALTH: THE PRISONER AS A PATIENT BY ANDREW
COYLE
PROTECTING AND PROMOTING HEALTH IN PRISONS: A SETTINGS APPROACH BY
PAUL HAYTON
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN PRISONS BY ANDREW FRASER
PRISON-SPECIFIC ETHICAL AND CLINICAL PROBLEMS BY JEAN-PIERRE
RESTELLINI
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES BY DUMITRU LATICEVSCHI
HIV INFECTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRISONS BY RICK LINES
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN PRISONS BY JAAP VEEN
DRUG USE AND DRUG SERVICES IN PRISONS BY HEINO STÖVER AND CAREN
WEILANDT
SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT IN PRISONS BY ANDREJ KASTELIC
MENTAL HEALTH IN PRISONS BY ERIC BLAAUW AND HJALMAR J.C. VAN MARLE
DENTAL HEALTH IN PRISONS BY AMIT BOSE & TONY JENNER
SPECIAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE PRISONERS BY JAN PALMER
PROMOTING HEALTH AND MANAGING STRESS AMONG PRISON EMPLOYEES BY
HEINER BÖGEMANN
Web site:
Health in Prisons Project
http//:www.euro.who.int/prisons
Prison Guide:
http://www.euro.who.int/document/e90174.pdf
Contact Lars Moller:
[email protected]