23/Jul/2025
Analysis of oral health productivity in the Brazilian prison system from 2017 to 2022: a retrospective ecological study
einstein (São Paulo). 23/Jul/2025;23:eAO1476.
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Analysis of oral health productivity in the Brazilian prison system from 2017 to 2022: a retrospective ecological study
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2025AO1476
Highlights ■ The quantity of dental procedures in prisons differs across Brazilian regions. ■ Prisoners’ access to dental procedures was limited even prior to the pandemic. ■ Preventive, urgent, and dental extraction procedures exhibited increases. ■ Restorative and periodontic procedures did not exhibit statistically significant changes. ABSTRACT Objective: This study compared the productivity of prison oral health teams during the COVID-19 crisis (2020–2022) with the previous three-year period (2017–2019) to identify the number and type of dental procedures performed. Methods: […]
Keywords: Dentistry; Health Services; Oral health; Prisoners
08/May/2020
High prevalence of syphilis in a female prison unit in Northeastern Brazil
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020AO4978
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the prevalence of syphilis and the associated risk factors in a female prison unit. Methods This was a cross-sectional study including 113 women whom data were collected in two stages: first, blood test to check for syphilis seropositivity; and then collection of information through a form to assess risk situations for sexually transmitted infections. Results Overall, syphilis prevalence was found to be 22.1% among the female prison population (n=25) and 28.6% among pregnant women. A statistically […]
Keywords: Brazil; Infections; Prisoners; Prisons; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syphilis/epidemiology; Women; Women’s health