Scientific Reports & MMWRs
Below are disease-specific scientific reports and MMWRs for correctional facilities and healthcare settings.
HIV/AIDS
- Costs of rapid HIV screening in an urban emergency department and a nearby county jail in the southeastern United StatesExternal, PLoS One, 2015
- Evaluation of Routine HIV Opt-Out Screening and Continuum of Care Services Following Entry into Eight Prison Reception Centers-California, MMWR, 2012
- HIV Screening of Male Inmates During Prison Intake Medical Evaluation, MMWR, 2011
- Newly identified HIV infections in correctional facilities, United StatesExternal, American Journal of Public Health, 2007
- Results of the Expanded HIV Testing Initiative — 25 Jurisdictions, United States, 2007–2010, MMWR, 2011
- Routine HIV Screening During Intake Medical Evaluation at a County Jail – Fulton County, Georgia, 2011-2012, MMWR, 2013
MRSA
- Community-Based Intervention to Manage an Outbreak of MRSA Skin Infections in a County JailExternal, Journal of Correctional Health Care, 2010
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Correctional Facilities — Georgia, California, and Texas, 2001—2003, MMWR, 2003
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin or Soft Tissue Infections in a State Prison — Mississippi, 2000, MMWR, 2001
- The Rise of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. Correctional PopulationsExternal, Journal of Correctional Health Care, 2011
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening Outside the Clinic – Implications for the Modern Sexually Transmitted Disease ProgramExternal, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2016
- CDC Grand Rounds: Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden and Sequelae, MMWR, 2011
- Cost-effectiveness of Chlamydia Vaccination Programs for Young Women, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
- Investigating the potential public health benefit of jail-based screening and treatment programs for chlamydiaExternal, Am J Epidemiol, 2013
- Recommendations for the Laboratory-Based Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae — 2014, MMWR, 2014
- Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Short-Term Correctional Institutions: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment GuidelinesExternal, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2013
Tuberculosis
- Completion Rate and Side-Effect Profile of Three-Month Isoniazid and Rifapentine Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Urban County JailExternal, Open Forum Infect Dis, 2016
- TB control: a prevention model for outbreak preparedness in correctional facilities. [Commentary.]External, J Correct Health Care, 2010
- TB Incidence in Prisons: A Systematic ReviewExternal, PLOS, 2010
- Tuberculosis in Jails and Prisons: United States, 2002-2013External, Am J Public Health, 2016
Viral Hepatitis
- Characterizing the burden of hepatitis C infection among entrants to Pennsylvania state prisons, 2004-2012External, J Correct Health Care, 2016
- Hepatitis C Seroprevalence Among Prison Inmates Since 2001External, Public Health Reports, 2014
- Incidence and Prevalence of Hepatitis C in Prisons and Other Closed SettingsExternal, Hepatology, 2013
- Prevention of Hepatitis C by Screening and Treatment in United States PrisonsExternal, Ann Intern Med, 2016
- Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Correctional Facilities — Georgia, January 1999–June 2002, MMWR, 2004
Correctional Health Journals
- Journal of Correctional Health CareExternal
- Corrections Today MagazineExternal
- National Criminal Justice Reference ServiceExternal
- MedlinePlusExternal (National Library of Medicine)
- National Institute of Justice JournalExternal
- Publications on Inmate Mental HealthExternal, NCJRS
- Publications on Inmate Drug TreatmentExternal, NCJRS
Page last reviewed: December 21, 2017
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
