Influenza control can be achieved in a custodial setting: pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and 2011 in an Australian prison

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dc.contributor.authorGuthrie, Jill A
dc.contributor.authorLokuge, Kamalini
dc.contributor.authorLevy, M. H
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-30T02:18:44Z
dc.date.available2013-09-30T02:18:44Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-22
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T03:48:03Z
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: Information on the effectiveness of interventions regarding control in closed institutional settings, including prisons, is limited. This study gathered evidence relating to influenza control in an Australian prison. STUDY DESIGN: This study built on a 2009 H1N1 outbreak investigation at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). METHODS: Influenza surveillance data, ACT 2010 Inmate Health Survey data, New South Wales 2001 and 2009 Inmate Health Survey data, ACT Department of Corrective Services administrative data, and ACT Health clinical data were analysed. RESULTS: In 2011, the AMC was exposed to influenza virus, resulting in a single case. Public health activities included exclusion of symptomatic cases from the health facility, isolation of cases, and quarantine of contacts. Contact between prisoners and the ACT community was maintained; the AMC detainee visitor rate was one visitor per prisoner every 10 days. CONCLUSIONS: The rehabilitative benefits of human contact for AMC detainees were not compromised during the surveillance period, despite the potential that a higher visitor rate may suggest. This highlights some features of the AMC which make its operational context different from many other correctional settings, but gives some indication of how good public health practice supports human rights.
dc.description.sponsorshipNHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia)en_AU
dc.format6 pages
dc.identifier.issn0033-3506
dc.identifier.issn1476-5616
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/10558
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisherRoyal Society for Public Health
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/533546
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/585534
dc.rightsAuthor has paid the publisher for Open Access. This article is made available under a Creative Commons license - submission email dated 17/9/13. ©2012 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
dc.sourcePublic Health 126.12 (2012): 1032-1037
dc.subjectdisease control
dc.subjectpandemic (H1N1) influenza
dc.subjectprison
dc.subjecthuman rights
dc.subjectAustralian Capital Territory
dc.titleInfluenza control can be achieved in a custodial setting: pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and 2011 in an Australian prison
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-08-29
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1037
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1032
local.contributor.affiliationGuthrie, Jill A., ANU, National Centre for Indigenous Studies; University of New South Wales, The Kirby Institute, Indigenous Offender Health Research Capacity Building Group
local.contributor.affiliationLokuge, Kamalini M., ANU, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
local.contributor.affiliationLevy, M. H., University of New South Wales, The Kirby Institute, Indigenous Offender Health Research Capacity Building Group; ANU, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment
local.contributor.authoremailjill.guthrie@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailkamalini.lokuge@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu4021832en_AU
local.description.notesResearch funded by grant - NHMRCen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111700 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4990661xPUB58
local.identifier.citationvolume126
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.puhe.2012.08.015
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84867449244
local.identifier.thomsonID000311955200008
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4021832en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.elsevier.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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