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This article summarizes the factors that place incarcerated people at high risk for COVID-19 infection and the effective strategies to reduce transmission and complications due to COVID-19, informed by other infectious disease outbreaks. The authors highlight the role of interagency collaboration, health communication, screening for contagious diseases, restriction, isolation and quarantine, contact tracing, immunisation programmes, epidemiological surveillance, and prison-specific guidelines in managing any outbreaks.
Resource Details
- Population: People Who Are Incarcerated
- Setting/Context of Implementation: Correctional Facility
- Topics of Practice: Contact Tracing|Outreach/ Education/ Communications|Testing
- Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Reduction of Health Disparities
- Level of Evidence: Best
- Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
- Social Determinants of Health: Healthcare Access and Quality|Neighborhood and Built Environment
- Outside of US: No