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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/33915| Title: | Public health issues in correctional settings : the local experience |
| Authors: | Zammit Montebello, John |
| Keywords: | Correctional institutions -- Drug abuse -- Malta Correctional institutions -- Drug abuse -- Prevention Public health -- Government policy -- Malta Correctional institutions -- Medical screening |
| Issue Date: | 1997-10 |
| Publisher: | Sedqa |
| Citation: | Zammit Montebello, J. (1997). Public health issues in correctional settings : the local experience. The Malta Conference on Alcohol and Other Drugs: EUROMED networking in Substance Abuse Prevention, Qawra, 99-104. |
| Abstract: | The rapid increase in the size of the prison population, the increased number of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in prisons and the increased awareness of the existence of infectious diseases necessitates adjustments to medical and public health policies. Strategies for the identification, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases have to be developed if appropriate interventions are to be offered. This paper discusses the initiatives that have been taken in this regard in Malta and proposes a series of interventions that should be made available in future. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/33915 |
| Appears in Collections: | The Malta Conference on Alcohol and Other Drugs : 1997 |
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