UK prisons and the impact of health and wellbeing of prisoners: A systematic review

Atkinson, Nikole (2024) UK prisons and the impact of health and wellbeing of prisoners: A systematic review. Masters thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

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Abstract

This dissertation is based on a systematic review the title is UK prisons and the impact on health and well-being of prisoners this aims to promote attention to a silenced public health concern that is not recognised as a community that needs the attention of professionals, it also aims to guide the health care sector to see what’s going wrong and to recommend their guidance and support as prisoners also have a right to quality health care. Thought the research databases that have been used was PubMed ProQuest and science direct for the main body of literature, other sites such as google scholar and UK rules and regulations cites such as NHS, direct Gov Law and commons was used for Uk laws and regulations. Summary of findings found that there is a major public health concern when it comes to health and wellbeing of prisoners in the Uk even though most publications found talked about mental health more than general health does not counteract that this problem still exists, there has also been a number of contributing factors that contribute towards the poor health and treatment to uk male prisoners, which found that the quality of health care delivered such as lack of screening, referrals and follow up appointments also laws regulations and the overall quality of the prisons. To conclude it outlined that there are a number of factors that need to be looked into to help promote a better and more efficient health outcomes in UK male prisons more needs to be done in terms of set laws and the quality of standards delivers by the prisons, there also needs to be more research with prevalence rates and solely focusing on prisons services and the impact on prisoners health and wellbeing so that a step towards improving these services come easier.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Theses and Dissertations > Masters Dissertations
Depositing User: Victoria Hankinson
Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2024 08:34
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2024 08:34
URI: https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/3161

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