Results: 3

Freedom-deprived women: social representations of prison, violence, and their consequences

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the social representations that women deprived of their freedom have of imprisonment, violence, and their consequences. Method: An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study with 15 women from a female penitentiary in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Semistructured inte...

Hepatitis C in prisoners and non-prisoners in Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 49 (4), 2013
The aim of the present work was to compare hepatitis C prevalence, genotypes, and risk factors between prisoners and non-prisoners in the city of Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil. This cross-sectional study involved approximately 1,600 residents and 730 prisoners, all of whom were living in Colatina. Th...