Telemedicine as a health care strategy for persons deprived of liberty: an experience report

Authors

  • Marta Cossetin Costa Secretaria de Estado da Segurança Pública e Administração Penitenciária, Nurse Foz do Iguaçu State Penitentiary – Foz do Iguaçú (PR), Brazil
  • Wilma Nancy Campos Arze Universidade Federal Fluminense, School of Biotechnology – Niterói (RJ), Brazil
  • Adriel Chihyun Chung Campos Hospital Regional de Guarapuava, Physician – Guarapuava (PR), Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/DST-2177-8264-20213332

Keywords:

prisoners, prisons, health, telemedicine

Abstract

Introduction: Telemedicine is a tool for overcoming geographical and physical barriers in the process of guaranteeing health care. Objective: To
report the experience of medical care mediated by information and communication technologies to persons deprived of liberty at two penal units
in the west side of Paraná, Brazil. Methods: This is a quantitative, qualitative, descriptive experience report. Results: Medical care mediated by
information and communication technologies is an additional tool, based on multidisciplinary care practices, in the search for the right to health
care to persons deprived of liberty. Conclusion: This experience allowed a reflection on the health and health care of the prisons’ population, with
information and communication technologies placed as a tool to bring the academic environment and the penal unit together in the search for
comprehensive health care.

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Published

2022-03-04

How to Cite

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Costa MC, Arze WNC, Campos ACC. Telemedicine as a health care strategy for persons deprived of liberty: an experience report. DST [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 4 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];33. Available from: https://www.bjstd.org/revista/article/view/1177

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