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pro vyhledávání: '"Lester N. Wright"'
Autor:
Franklin D. Lowy, Dhritiman V. Mukherjee, Sundary Sankaran, Zoltan L. Apa, Elaine Larson, Caroline J. Lee, Cory Hafer, Lester N. Wright
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52:775-778
Throat carriage (42.7%) of Staphylococcus aureus exceeded nasal carriage (35.0%) in 2 New York prisons. Methicillin resistance, primarily due to USA300, was high at both sites; 25% of dually colonized inmates had different strains. Strategies to redu
Autor:
Linda C. Klopf, Kumara Singaravelu, Abigail Gallucci, Lester N. Wright, Sarah J. Walker, Douglas G. Fish, Minda J. Hubbard, Robert Fiore, Punkin Clay Stephens
Publikováno v:
Journal of Correctional Health Care. 14:290-298
To improve knowledge of and encourage testing for HIV, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted diseases among inmates, Albany Medical College and the New York State Department of Corrections developed ...
Autor:
Susan J. Klein, James Satriano, Roland M. Larkin, Barbara S. Devore, Kristine M. Gebbie, John J. Culkin, Lester N. Wright
Publikováno v:
Journal of Correctional Health Care. 14:122-135
This article describes a multidisciplinary, multiagency approach to improve access to mental health services in individuals incarcerated within the New York State Department of Correctional Service...
Autor:
Lester N. Wright
Publikováno v:
Journal of Correctional Health Care. 14:31-35
Raising access to health care for incarcerated people to a constitutional right radically changed correctional health care. It also established a constantly changing standard of required care because the right is based on evolving standards of health
Autor:
Franklin D. Lowy, Vicki Johnson-Lawrence, Earl Burrell, Lester N. Wright, Mei Ho Lee, Meera Bhat, Allison E. Aiello, Elaine Larson, Glenny Vasquez
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 196:911-918
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is increasingly responsible for staphylococcal outbreaks in prison. There is limited information on the source of the outbreak strains, risk factors for infection, and transmission of these strains within a
Autor:
Guthrie S. Birkhead, Barbara S. Devore, Susan J. Klein, Lester N. Wright, Daniel A. O'Connell
Publikováno v:
AIDS Education and Prevention. 14:114-123
The benefits of public health, corrections, and community-based organization (CBO) collaboration to meet HIV prevention needs of inmates are recognized. Each year over 100,000 inmates, most of whom have a history that put them at HIV risk, pass throu
Publikováno v:
The Lancet. Infectious diseases. 6(6)
We reviewed published work examining the prevalence and risk factors for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in two high-risk groups: prisoners and military enlistees. Significant risk factors for infection included prison occ
Autor:
Lester N. Wright, Kristine M. Gebbie
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 13:334-335
Autor:
Lester N. Wright, Kevin M. Cahill
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Health Policy. 14:95
A collection of papers from a symposium by the Board of Health of New York, this book addresses the issues of protecting public health despite times of fiscal constraint. It traces the historical and legal precedents, assesses the costs and benefits,