A systematic scoping review of environmental health conditions in penal institutions

Guo, Wilson; Cronk, Ryan; Scherer, Elissa; Oommen, Rachel A; Brogan, John; Sarr, Mohamed; Bartram, Jamie

doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.05.001

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“…6 The correctional environment imposes additional risks. 1,7 Overcrowding, poor ventilation, close habitation, or dormitory-style housing will increase COVID-19 transmission. In addition, institutions strictly control everyday items such as soap, cleaning supplies, and hand sanitizer and rarely provide spare clothing or bedding.…”

Section: Detention Settings Are Extremely Susceptible To Infectious Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 and the Correctional Environment: The American Prison as a Focal Point for Public Health

Montoya-Barthelemy

Lee

Cundiff

et al. 2020

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Section: Detention Settings Are Extremely Susceptible To Infectious Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 and the Correctional Environment: The American Prison as a Focal Point for Public Health

Montoya-Barthelemy

Lee

Cundiff

et al. 2020

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

119

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“…Nevertheless, foods consumed at military institutions have been also identified as an important source of food-borne outbreaks (9), including outbreaks caused by viruses, such as Norovirus or Hepatitis A (10)(11)(12)(13), bacteria, such as Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus (14)(15)(16)(17), but also toxins such as histamine (18) or scromboine (19) associated with eating yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacares). Despite the fact that military staff usually includes health people in good physical condition, they still constitute a high risk group for food poisoning due to the community kitchen practice and common meals (20)(21)(22). Great number of preventive and control measures have been identified for military food services, including the application of adequate sanitary procedures during food processing and preparation, personal hygiene practices, prevention of cross contamination, adequate time-temperature control, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%

Food safety knowledge among cadets of Military Academy in Republic of Serbia

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of food safety knowledge among cadets of Military Academy in the Republic of Serbia. For that purpose, a structured, self-administrative questionnaire was designed and used to assess the level of food handling practices and food safety knowledge. In total, 120 cadets were involved in the study. For each participating cadet, the food handling practice score (FHPS) and food safety knowledge score (FSKS) was calculated by dividing the sum of correct answers by the total number of correct responses. Additionally, knowledge gaps were identified for each question. Our results indicated that on the average FHPS among Serbian cadets was 44.5%, while FSKS was 50.5%. Female cadets showed better scores compared to males, although this was not statistically significant. Better FHPS scores were determined among cadets living with parents (48.7%), compared to cadets living with roommates (43.6%, p?0.05), while an opposite was determined for FSKS. In total, 95.8% of cadets apply good practice of hand hygiene before preparing food, 90.8% of them knew that is not safe to consume food when the shelf-life is expired, and 89.2% knew that the opened sterilized milk should not be stored outside the refrigerator. Also, 91.7% of cadets knew that content of blown can is not safe for the consumption. Almost 64.2% of all cadets could successfully make association between meat and Trichinella, while merely 27.5% of them knew that Escherichia coli O157 is the most important pathogen for raw minced meat, and only 13.3% of cadets knew that Listeria monocytogenes is associated with ready-to-eat meat products. Finally, only 10% of cadets knew that Campylobacter is food-borne pathogen mostly associated with raw and undercooked chicken meat. Also, our cadets were not aware that color, smell or appearance of food would not give any indication of food contamination, as only 6.7% of cadets knew this. Results obtained in this study pointed out some food safety areas which need further improvement via educational program, but also via media and internet courses, material or short clips.

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“…Even though more than 70 million people are forcibly displaced at any given time, the reviews revealed a dearth of meaningful or high-quality evidence. Reviews of conditions in orphanages (Moffa et al 2019a), prisons (Guo et al 2019), and homeless shelters (Moffa et al 2019b) pointed to similar conclusions. Recognition (and, if possible, mapping) of evidence gaps is crucial to avoid placing priority on better-characterized issues through the streetlight effect (Setty et al 2020;Whaley et al 2020).…”

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confidence: 87%

Environmental Health Science and Engineering for Policy, Programming, and Practice

Bartram

Setty

2021

J. Environ. Eng.

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At the interface of environmental health science and engineering with policy, programming, and practice, multiple actors and social processes support communication and decisions. Understanding this interface would help accelerate public health improvements and the effectiveness of interventions, especially in managing the contextual factors that lead to disparities in service provision, resource use, and health. Misconceptions about the uptake of evidence in decision-making often limit fault to the overly technical nature of research findings or the competing and frequently shifting priorities of policy makers. The most effective means to enhance the flow of evidence, however, is regular, structured, and inclusive two-way communication, where knowledge brokers (individuals or institutions) link scientists, engineers, practitioners, policy makers, and the public. Good practices for enhancing science application should be recognized and tailored for environmental health science and engineering. We recommend that (1) science application and interprofessional engagement be incorporated into higher education, (2) funding mechanisms ensure stakeholder engagement beyond the project cycle, (3) evidence synthesis be collectively supported, (4) common rigor and study quality measures be adopted for diverse study types, and (5) research into effective science brokering practices and outcomes be encouraged.

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A systematic scoping review of environmental health conditions in penal institutions

Cited by 21 publications

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COVID-19 and the Correctional Environment: The American Prison as a Focal Point for Public Health

COVID-19 and the Correctional Environment: The American Prison as a Focal Point for Public Health

Food safety knowledge among cadets of Military Academy in Republic of Serbia

Environmental Health Science and Engineering for Policy, Programming, and Practice

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