Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study
Liu Y, Mabene Y, Camelo S, Rueda Z, Pelissari D, Johansen F, Huaman M, Avalos-Cruz T, Alarcón V, Ladutke L, Bergman M, Cohen T, Goldhaber-Fiebert J, Croda J, Andrews J. Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Public Health 2024, 9: e841-e851. PMID: 39419058, PMCID: PMC11602220, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00192-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEpidemicsHealth PolicyHumansIncidenceLatin AmericaModels, TheoreticalPrisonersPrisonsTuberculosisConceptsLatin AmericaIncarceration policiesIncarcerated populationsEffects of policy alternativesDuration of incarcerationMinistry of JusticePrison admissionsIncarceration ratesMass incarcerationIncarcerationPolicy alternativesInternational health agenciesEl SalvadorHistorical riseTuberculosis incidenceLatinPrisonAge structureHealth agenciesCounterfactual scenariosCountriesPolicyHealth crisisNational Tuberculosis ProgrammeTuberculosis epidemicAll-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study
Liu YE, Lemos EF, Gonçalves CCM, de Oliveira RD, da Silva Santos A, do Prado Morais AO, Croda MG, de Lourdes Delgado Alves M, Croda J, Walter KS, Andrews JR. All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study. PLOS Medicine 2021, 18: e1003789. PMID: 34534214, PMCID: PMC8486113, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rate ratiosCause-specific mortalityCause of deathViolent deathEarly violent deathMortality rateCommunicable diseasesRecent incarcerationCause mortalityYouth detentionPrison administrationNon-incarcerated populationsPolice stationsPrison populationStandardized incidence rate ratiosIncarcerated womenRetrospective cohort studyIncarcerated menRisk of deathIncarcerationViolenceCause-specific mortality ratesInsufficient dataBrazilian statesCohort study