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          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

A review of medical and substance use co-morbidities in Central Asian prisons: Implications for HIV prevention and treatment.
Vagenas P, Azbel L, Polonsky M, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Aug 8
Abstract

Azerbaijan

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Pre-incarceration police harassment, drug addiction and HIV risk behaviours among prisoners in Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan: results from a nationally representative cross-sectional study.
Polonsky M, Azbel L, Wegman MP, et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Jul 18;19(4
Paper

Bangladesh

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effect of active case finding on prevalence and transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis in Dhaka central jail, Bangladesh.
Banu S, Rahman MT, Uddin MK, et al
PLoS One. 2015 May 1;10(5):e0124976.
Paper
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Pulmonary tuberculosis and drug resistance in Dhaka central jail,
the largest prison in Bangladesh.
Banu S, Hossain A, Uddin MK, et al
PLoS One. 2010 May 21;5(5):e10759.
Paper

Borneo

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Characteristics and Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and Drugs Abuse Associated with Inmates Education Level within Prison Populations in Singkawang, West Borneo in 2006. Sigarlaki HG. Acta Med Indones. 2008 Jul-Sep;40(3):129-34. Abstract

China

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and positive psychological intervention (PPI) on female offenders with psychological distress in Hong Kong.
Mak VWM, Chan CKY.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2017 Aug 2.
Abstract

An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Work Environment Variables on Job Satisfaction Among Chinese Prison Staff.
Jiang S, Lambert EG, Liu J, Zhang J.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2017 Feb 1:306624X17691533
Abstract

Single-Victim and Serial Sexual Homicide Offenders: Differences in Crime, Paraphilias and Personality Traits.
Chan HC, Beauregard E, Myers WC.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2014 Aug 11.
Abstract

Prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms among Chinese male correctional officers
Sui GY, Hu S, Sun W, et al
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2013 Apr 23
Abstract

Analysis on work related fatigue among prison police and mental medical staff
Xie JL, Pan KQ, Liu SH.
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2012 Aug;28(4):278-80
Abstract

For the Sake of Whom: Conversation Analysis of Advice Giving in Offender Counseling.
Jing-Ying G.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2012 May 9.
Abstract

Self-perceived Role and Function of Christian Prison Chaplains and Buddhist Volunteers in Hong Kong Prisons.
Chui WH, Cheng KK.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2011 Dec 19
Abstract

Organ Donation by Capital Prisoners in China: Reflections in Confucian Ethics.
Wang M, Wang X.
J Med Philos. 2010 Mar 2.
Abstract

Incarcerated sex workers and HIV prevention in China: social suffering and social justice
countermeasures.
Tucker J, Ren X, Sapio F.
Soc Sci Med. 2010 Jan;70(1):121-9.
Abstract

Incarcerated sex workers and HIV prevention in China: Social suffering and social
justice countermeasures.
Tucker J, Ren X, Sapio F.
Soc Sci Med. 2009 Oct 30
Abstract

Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 nef Gene Sequences among Inmates from
Prisons in China.
Liu SY, Zeng FF, Huang GF, et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Apr 28
Abstract

India

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Factors affecting drug use during incarceration: a cross-sectional study of opioid-dependent persons from India.
Rao R, Mandal P, Gupta R, Ramshankar P, et al
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2015 Sep 21
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Suicide behind bars: A 10-year retrospective study.
Bardale RV, Dixit PG.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2015 Jan-Mar;57(1):81-4.
Paper

Assessment of effectiveness of smoking cessation intervention among male prisoners in India: A randomized controlled trial.
Naik S, Khanagar S, Kumar A, et al
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2014 Dec;4(Suppl 2):S110-5.
Abstract

Prison outcomes of buprenorphine maintenance for prisoners: results from a pilot intervention in Tihar prisons, India.
Jhanjee S, Pant S, Girdhar N, et al
Alcohol Alcohol. 2014 Sep;49 Suppl 1:i64-i65.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Assessment of prevalence of tobacco consumption among psychiatric inmates residing in Central Jail, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India: A cross-sectional survey.
Torwane NA, Hongal S, Sahu RN, et al
Ind Psychiatry J. 2013 Jul;22(2):
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Health status of the prisoners in a central jail of South India.
Kumar SD, Kumar SA, Pattankar JV, et ali
Indian J Psychol Med. 2013 Oct;35(4):373-7
Paper

A survey on oral health status and treatment needs of life-imprisoned inmates in central jails of Karnataka, India.
Reddy V, Kondareddy CV, Siddanna S, Manjunath M.
Int Dent J. 2012 Feb;62(1):27-32
Abstract

HIV in Indian prisons: Risk behaviour, prevalence, prevention & treatment.
Dolan K, Larney S.
Indian J Med Res. 2010 Dec;132(6):696-700.
Abstract

Health status of the prisoners in a central jail of South India.
Kumar SD, Kumar SA, Pattankar JV, et al
Indian J Psychol Med. 2013 Oct;35(4):373-7
Abstract

Inmate responses to prison-based drug treatment: A repeated measures analysis.
Welsh WN.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Jan 14
Abstract

Indonesia

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Routine or targeted HIV screening of Indonesian prisoners.
Nelwan EJ, Isa A, Alisjahbana B, Triani N, et al
Int J Prison Health. 2016 Mar 14;12(1):17-26.
Abstract
Injecting drug use, sexual risk, HIV knowledge and harm reduction uptake in a large prison in Bali, Indonesia.
Sawitri AA, Hartawan AA, Craine N, et al
Int J Prison Health. 2016 Mar 14;12(1):27-38
Abstract

Neurocognitive disorder on prisoners using cannabis in Cipinang Jakarta prison.
Kurniasanti K, Alia D, Zyzlavsky S.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2014 Sep;49 Suppl 1:i6-i7.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Molecular epidemiology of HIV, HBV, HCV, and HTLV-1/2 in drug abuser inmates in central Javan prisons, Indonesia.
Prasetyo AA, Dirgahayu P, Sari Y, et al
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2013 Jun 15;7(6):453-67.
Paper

Japan

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Effects of Personalized Feedback Interventions on Drug-Related Reoffending: a Pilot Study.
Yokotani K, Tamura K
Prev Sci. 2015 Jun 9
Abstract

Harm reduction and criminal justice system in Japan.
Goto H.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2014 Sep;49 Suppl 1:i30.
Abstract

Factors linked to reoffending: a 5-year prospective longitudinal study of reoffending in drug offenders.
Yokotani K, Tamura K.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2014 Sep;49 Suppl 1:i41.
Abstract

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Eating disorders among patients incarcerated only for repeated shoplifting: a retrospective quasi-case-control study in a medical prison in Japan.
Asami T, Okubo Y, Sekine M, Nomura T.
BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Jun 7;14(1):169.
Paper

The Japanese Criminal Thinking Inventory: Development, Reliability, and Initial Validation of a New Scale for Assessing Criminal Thinking in a Japanese Offender Population.
Kishi K, Takeda F, Nagata Y, et al
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2014 May 12.
Abstract

Evaluation of a relapse-prevention program for methamphetamine-dependent inmates using a self-teaching workbook and group therapy.
Matsumoto T, Imamura F, Kobayashi O, et al
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2013 Sep 19.
Abstract

Cost-effectiveness of interferon-gamma release assay for entry tuberculosis screening in prisons.
Kowada A.
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Jan 3:1-11
Abstract

The randomized controlled trial of the prison-based Japanese Matrix Program (J-MAT) for methamphetamine abusers].
Harada T.
Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi 2012 Dec;47(6):298-307
Abstract

Malingered prison psychosis as a reactive type of pseudologia phantastica
Nishiyama A.
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2011;113(10):961-76
Abstract

Evaluation of the Relapse Prevention Guidance for drug-dependent inmates: the intervention using self-teach workbook and group therapy in a "Private Finance Initiative" prison --the second report
Kobayashi O, Matsumoto T, Imamura F, et al
Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi. 2011 Jun;46(3):368-80
Abstract

Evaluation of educational effects on drug dependence abstinence for convicts
Sakurai T, Nishikawa K, Tanaka T.
Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi. 2011 Jun;46(3):381-96.
Abstract

The effect of prison crowding on prisoners' violence in Japan: testing with cointegration regressions
and error correction models
Yuma Y.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 2010 Aug;81(3):218-25.
Abstract

Kazakhstan

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A qualitative assessment of an abstinence-oriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan.
Azbel L, Rozanova J, Michels I, et al
Harm Reduct J. 2017 Jul 10;14(1):43
Paper

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in the penitentiary system of Kazakhstan.
Ibrayeva A, Kozhamkulov U, Raiymbek D, et al
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Mar;18(3):298-301.
Abstract

Korea

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Foreign objects in Korean prisoners.
Lee TH, Kang YW, Kim HJ, et al
Korean J Intern Med. 2007 Dec;22(4):275-8
Abstract

Kyrgyzstan

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Pre-incarceration police harassment, drug addiction and HIV risk behaviours among prisoners in Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan: results from a nationally representative cross-sectional study.
Polonsky M, Azbel L, Wegman MP, et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Jul 18;19(4
Paper

Drug use in prisons in Kyrgyzstan: a study about the effect of health promotion among prisoners.
Moller LF, van den Bergh BJ, KarymbaevaS . et al
Int J Prison Health. 2008 Sep;4(3):124-33.
Abstract

Malaysia

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Plague risk in vulnerable community: assessment of Xenopsylla cheopis susceptibility to insecticides in Malagasy prisons
Miarinjara A, Vergain J, Kavaruganda JM, et al
Infect Dis Poverty. 2017 Nov 7;6(1):141
Abstract
Healthcare resources are inadequate to address the burden of illness among HIV-infected male prisoners in Malaysia.
Bick J, Culbert G, Al-Darraji HA,
Int J Prison Health. 2016 Dec 19;12(4):253-269.
Abstract

The Influence of Neurocognitive Impairment, Depression, and Alcohol Use Disorders on Health-Related Quality of Life among Incarcerated, HIV-Infected, Opioid Dependent Malaysian Men: A Moderated Mediation Analysis.
Shrestha R, Weikum D, Copenhaver M, Altice FL.
AIDS Behav. 2016 Aug 20
Abstract

Confronting the HIV, Tuberculosis, Addiction, and Incarceration Syndemic in Southeast Asia: Lessons Learned from Malaysia.
Culbert GJ, Pillai V, Bick J, et al
J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2016 May 24.
Abstract

Undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners in Malaysia: an overlooked risk for tuberculosis in the community.
Abed Al-Darraji HA, Altice FL, Kamarulzaman A.
Trop Med Int Health. 2016 May 20.
Abstract

Factors associated with interest in receiving prison-based methadone maintenance therapy in Malaysia.
Mukherjee TI, Wickersham JA, Desai MM, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 May 9
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Determining intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in inmates from Kajang Prison, Selangor, Malaysia for improved prison management.
Angal L, Mahmud R, Samin S, et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 29;15:467
Paper

Prevalence and correlates of latent tuberculosis infection among employees of a high security prison in Malaysia.
Al-Darraji HA, Tan C, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL.
Occup Environ Med. 2015 Mar 20.
Abstract

Prevalence of tuberculosis symptoms and latent tuberculous infection among prisoners in northeastern Malaysia.
Margolis B, Al-Darraji HA, Wickersham JA, et al
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Dec;17(12):1538-44.
Abstract

FULL-TEcT ARTICLE
Implementing methadone maintenance treatment in prisons in Malaysia.
Wickersham JA, Marcus R, Kamarulzaman A, Zahari MM, Altice FL.
Bull World Health Organ. 2013 Feb 1;91(2):124-9.
Paper

Methadone dose at the time of release from prison significantly influences retention in treatment: Implications from a pilot study of HIV-infected prisoners
transitioning to the community in Malaysia.
Wickersham JA, Zahari MM, Azar MM, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Feb 12.
Abstract

Adapting an Evidence-Based Intervention Targeting HIV-Infected Prisoners in Malaysia.
Copenhaver MM, Tunku N, Ezeabogu I, et al
AIDS Res Treat. 2011;2011:131045.
Abstract

Attitudes toward opioid substitution therapy and pre-incarceration HIV transmission behaviors among
HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia: Implications for secondary prevention.
Bachireddy C, Bazazi AR, Kavasery R, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Jan 11
Abstract

Prevalence and correlates of community re-entry challenges faced by HIV-infected male prisoners
in Malaysia.
Choi P, Kavasery R, Desai MM, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2010 Jun;21(6):416-23.
Abstract

Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

Determining levels of personal barriers to antiretroviral therapy access in Kajang Prison, Malaysia
R. Mohd Noh, A. Kamarulzaman, F.L. Altice3
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Mongolia

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Reduction of tuberculosis burden among prisoners in Mongolia: review of case notification, 2001-2010. Yanjindulam P, Oyuntsetseg P, Sarantsetseg B, et al Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Mar;16(3):327-9. Abstract

The Philippines

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Putting Out Fires: Understanding the Developmental Nature and Roles of Inmate Gangs in the Philippine Overcrowded Jails. Narag E, Lee S. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2017 Dec 1:306624X17744726 Abstract

Singapore

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

	Validity of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 (PDQ-4+) among Mentally Ill Prison Inmates in Singapore. Abdin E, Koh KG, Subramaniam M, et al J Pers Disord. 2011 Dec;25(6):834-41. Paper

Taiwan

Epidemiology/Disease Seroprevalence/Incidence Studies

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Patterns of Betel Quid, Cigarette, and Alcohol Use, and Their Correlates With Betel Quid Cessation in a Male Inmate Population.
Lee CY, Lu B, Shieh TY, Chang YY.
Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Mar 20;51(4):471-8. d
Abstract
Prevalence and knowledge of sexual transmitted infections, drug abuse, and AIDS among male inmates in a Taiwan prison.
Feng MC, Feng JY, Chen YH, et al
Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2012 Dec;28(12):660-6
Abstract

Lower prevalence of tuberculosis infection in BCG vaccinees: a cross-sectional study in adult prison inmates.
Chan PC, Yang CH, Chang LY, et al
Thorax. 2012 Sep 27.
Abstract

A Case-control Study of HIV Infection Among Incarcerated Female Drug Users: Impact of Sharing Needles and Having Drug-using Sexual Partners.
Peng EY, Yeh CY, Cheng SH, et al
J Formos Med Assoc. 2011 Jul;110(7):446-53.
Abstract

General Prison Health Challenges

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Identifying risk factors for victimization among male prisoners in Taiwan.
Kuo SY, Cuvelier SJ, Huang YS.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2014 Feb;58(2):231-57.
Abstract

Prevalence and knowledge of sexual transmitted infections, drug abuse, and AIDS among male inmates in a Taiwan prison.
Feng MC, Feng JY, Chen YH, et al
Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2012 Dec;28(12):660-6|
Abstract

Identifying Risk Factors for Victimization Among Male Prisoners in Taiwan.
Kuo SY, Cuvelier SJ, Huang YS.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2012 Nov 22
Abstract

Development and validation of a self-rating scale for betel quid chewers based on a male-prisoner population in Taiwan:
The Betel Quid Dependence Scale.
Lee CY, Chang CS, Shieh TY, Chang YY.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Sep 26.
Abstract

Thailand

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Factors associated with incarceration and incident human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among
injection drug users participating in an HIV vaccine trial in Bangkok, Thailand, 1999-2003.
Suntharasamai P, Martin M, Vanichseni S, et al
Addiction. 2009 Feb;104(2):235-242
Abstract

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