Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Hospitals Site, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC NI), Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Hospitals Site, Belfast, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2023 Aug 25;18(8):e0289218. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289218. eCollection 2023.
There is a need to improve the implementation and provision of continuity of care between prison and community in order that people who have been in prison and have a history of low engagement with services or who are vulnerable receive appropriate and timely health care and treatment. Observational studies using record linkage have investigated continuity of care after release from prison but this type of research evidence has not been synthesised.
This paper presents a protocol designed to review record linkage studies about primary care utilisation after prison release in order to inform future research and guide service organisation and delivery towards people who are at-risk following release from prison.
This scoping review will follow the framework by Arksey and O'Malley (5 stages) and guidance developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science Core Collection will be searched (January 2012-March 2023) using terms relating to (i) 'former prisoners' and (ii) 'primary care'. The review will focus on observational studies that have investigated this topic using linked data from two or more sources. Two authors will independently screen titles and abstracts (step 1) and full publications (step 2) using predefined eligibility criteria. Data will be extracted from included publications using a piloted data charting form. This review will map the findings in this research area by methodology, key findings and gaps in research, and current evidence will be synthesised narratively given the expected considerable heterogeneity across studies.
This review is part of a work programme on health in prison (Administrative Data Research Centre, Northern Ireland). This work may be used to inform future research, policy and practice. Findings will be shared with stakeholders, published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences. Ethical approval is not required.
为了确保曾入狱且与服务机构接触较少或易受伤害的人获得适当和及时的医疗保健和治疗，需要改进监狱与社区之间的连续性护理的实施和提供。使用记录链接的观察性研究已经调查了出狱后的连续性护理，但这种类型的研究证据尚未综合。
本文介绍了一项旨在审查关于出狱后初级保健利用的记录链接研究的方案，以便为未来的研究提供信息，并为出狱后的高危人群指导服务的组织和提供。
本范围综述将遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley（5 个阶段）的框架以及 Joanna Briggs 研究所（JBI）制定的指南。将使用与（i）“前囚犯”和（ii）“初级保健”相关的术语，在 MEDLINE、EMBASE 和 Web of Science Core Collection 中搜索（2012 年 1 月至 2023 年 3 月）。综述将重点关注使用来自两个或多个来源的链接数据调查这一主题的观察性研究。两名作者将使用预定义的纳入标准独立筛选标题和摘要（步骤 1）和全文出版物（步骤 2）。将使用经过试点的数据分析表从纳入的出版物中提取数据。本综述将通过方法学、主要发现和研究空白来绘制该研究领域的发现，并根据研究之间预期的相当大的异质性，以叙述性方式综合当前证据。
这是监狱健康工作方案（北爱尔兰行政数据研究中心）的一部分。这项工作可能用于为未来的研究、政策和实践提供信息。研究结果将与利益相关者分享，发表在同行评议的期刊上，并在相关会议上展示。不需要伦理批准。
