Proper strength training regimens have many well-known benefits. However, given that improper strength training programs can be injurious, should correctional health officials support policy that requires proper strength training techniques? Twenty-five randomly picked prisons in the western United States were surveyed and asked these questions: (a) Are there weights or formal resistance training equipment within the facility? (b) If yes, does the institution have any formal policies established regarding use of that equipment? Twenty-three of the institutions had strength training equipment; only 2 had policies regarding equipment use. Survey results clearly show that most correctional facilities have no policy regarding practice of safe and effective strength training techniques and therefore may fail to achieve the desired results. It is recommended that qualified supervision be present inside all correctional strength training facilities. The qualified personnel in charge should be certified by nationally recognized organizations and should enforce safe lifting policy, including (a) limitations of one repetition maximum lifts allowed at least six repetitions should be performed for each exercise for most inmates, (b) emphasis on slow and controlled lifting movements only, and (c) emphasis on proper warm-up and cooldown procedures.
Objective
To discover what measures have been taken in urban Australian hospitals to involve general practitioners (GPs) in public hospital services.
Design
A descriptive study. Data were collected by postal survey.
Setting
Hospitals in urban areas.
Main outcome measures
Appointment of GP affiliates or associates, existence of departments or divisions of general practice, appointed GP liaison positions and formal arrangements for GP shared care and discharge planning.
Results
Ninety‐five of 102 hospitals (93%) responded to a postal survey. Sixty‐five per cent of respondent hospitals had appointed GP affiliates or associates, 32% had a division or department of general practice and 41% had a designated GP liaison position. Forty per cent had formal GP shared care programs and 14% had formal GP involvement in discharge planning.
Conclusion
There was a high level of adoption of measures to involve GPs in urban hospitals. However, only a minority of hospitals had comprehensive measures in place and sufficient support for this to occur.
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