Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
BMJ Open. 2023 May 17;13(5):e066649. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066649.
To reduce the transmission of COVID-19, regulations included the use of cloth masks, sanitising regularly, maintaining social distance and having minimal personal contact. COVID-19 affected many different groups of people including service providers and users of correctional centres. In this protocol, we aim to establish evidence on the challenges and coping strategies adopted by the incarcerated and service providers of the incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this scoping review, we will use the Arksey and O'Malley framework. We will consult PubMed, PsycInfo, SAGE, JSTOR, African Journals and Google Scholar as our databases to search for evidence, and run a continuous search of articles from June 2022 until we conduct an analysis to ensure that our search results are updated. Two reviewers will independently screen the titles, abstracts and full texts for inclusion. All results will be compiled, and duplicates will be removed. Discrepancies and conflicts will be discussed with the third reviewer. All articles that meet the full-text criteria will be included for data extraction. Results will be reported in line with the review objectives and the Donabedian conceptual framework.
Ethical approval of the study will not be applicable in this scoping review. Our findings will be disseminated in different ways, such as publishing in peer-reviewed journals and to other key correctional system stakeholders, as well as submitting a policy brief for prison decision makers and policy makers.
为减少 COVID-19 的传播，法规要求佩戴布口罩、定期消毒、保持社交距离和尽量减少个人接触。COVID-19 影响了许多不同群体的人，包括矫正中心的服务提供者和使用者。在本方案中，我们旨在确定在 COVID-19 大流行期间被监禁者和被监禁者的服务提供者所面临的挑战和应对策略的证据。
在本次范围综述中，我们将使用 Arksey 和 O'Malley 框架。我们将咨询 PubMed、PsycInfo、SAGE、JSTOR、African Journals 和 Google Scholar 作为我们的数据库，以搜索证据，并从 2022 年 6 月开始持续搜索文章，以确保我们的搜索结果是最新的。两名评审员将独立筛选标题、摘要和全文以确定是否符合纳入标准。所有结果将被编译，并删除重复项。如有分歧和冲突，将与第三名评审员讨论。所有符合全文标准的文章将被纳入数据提取。结果将按照审查目标和 Donabedian 概念框架进行报告。
本范围综述不需要进行研究的伦理批准。我们的研究结果将通过多种方式传播，例如发表在同行评议的期刊上，并提供给其他关键矫正系统利益相关者，以及为监狱决策者和政策制定者提交政策简报。
