Jose Manuel Arroyo-cobo

• MD
• Practitioner at Independent Researcher

Objective: In most European countries, correctional healthcare provision is under strain or in the process of change regarding its management model and the implications that such modifications may entail for the improvement of inmates' health. This paper compares the functioning and the results of health management in a facility whose healthcare s...

Objetive: The main aim was to describe the issues and the participatory process required to design a Guide to promotemental health in prison through group activities. Material and Method: We reviewed the bibliography, the mental health policies, the workshops about healthy mental habits, and a video about protection and risk factors. We identified...

Objective: [corrected] The main aim was to describe the issues and the participatory process required to design a Guide to promotemental health in prison through group activities. Material and method: We reviewed the bibliography, the mental health policies, the workshops about healthy mental habits, and a video about protection and risk factors...

A year after the transfer of prison health care functions and services from the State Administration to the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, the process up to completion of the transfer, the current status of the transferred services and remaining challenges are described.

A year after the transfer of prison health care functions and services from the State Administration to the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, the process up to completion of the transfer, the current status of the transferred services and remaining challenges are described.

The prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners has been researched in a few countries worldwide but never previously in Spain. Our aim was to estimate the lifetime and last month prevalence of mental disorders in a Spanish prison population. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, epidemiological study of 707 male prisoners. Sociodemographic, c...

Introduction: A review was carried out of scientific literature on health care strategies for mental health problems in the prison environment. Data is given about the main activities put into practice by prison administrations as a response to the worrying information that has come to light in recent epidemiological studies on mental disorders in...

A review was carried out of scientific literature on health care strategies for mental health problems in the prison environment. Data is given about the main activities put into practice by prison administrations as a response to the worrying information that has come to light in recent epidemiological studies on mental disorders in prison, with f...

An epidemic of HIV infections which occurred in Spanish prisons at the turn of the century led to the establishment of a comprehensive set of harm reduction measures including needle and syringe exchange in prisons throughout the country. This article outlines the measures taken and the impact they had in greatly reducing the infection rates of HIV...

Aims: to measure the results of prevention, health promotion and damage reduction programs for the health of the prison population via the progress of a number of illnesses in these contexts. Materials and methods: The information was taken from reports, bulletins, specifications, central records and other documents containing health information...

Cartas al Director Farm Hosp. 2008;32(1):53-61 57 y comportamientos del paciente, las decisiones médicas toma-das en respuesta a las intervenciones realizadas, así como la evolución del estado de salud del paciente tras las mismas. • Consentimiento informado, informes al médico y a otros pro-fesionales de la salud. • Datos de contacto del paciente....

Objective To analyze healthcare quality assessment in prisons through a systematic review of the available scientific evidence.

Objective: To analyze healthcare quality assessment in prisons through a systematic review of the available scientific evidence. Material and method: A literature search was performed in Medline, Excerpta Medica, Índice Médico Español, the Cochrane Library, and the official web pages of prison administrations in various countries. Data on the organ...