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October 2005, Vol 95, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1696-1700
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.057323

PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF IMPRISONMENT

The World Health Organization European Health in Prisons Project After 10 Years: Persistent Barriers and Achievements

Alex Gatherer, MD, Lars Moller, MD, PhD and Paul Hayton, MA, DipHEd

Alex Gatherer is a retired public health physician and has been a part-time consultant to HIPP since its inception. Lars Moller is with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark, and is the project manager of HIPP. Paul Hayton is with the Department of Health, London, England, and is the project lead within the WHO Collaborating Centre for the HIPP.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lars Moller, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Scherfigsvej 8, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark (e-mail: lmo{at}euro.who.int).

The recognition that good prison health is important to general public health has led 28 countries in the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) to join a WHO network dedicated to improving health within prisons. Within the 10 years since that time, vital actions have been taken and important policy documents have been produced. A key factor in making progress is breaking down the isolation of prison health services and bringing them into closer collaboration with the country’s public health services.

However, barriers to progress remain. A continuing challenge is how best to move from policy recommendations to implementation, so that the network’s fundamental aim of noticeable improvements in the health and care of prisoners is further achieved.




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