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Unknown Unknowns: We Need to Know How Many People Experience Imprisonment in Canada
Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian1, 2, *, Kathryn E. McIsaac3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 10
First Page: 226
Last Page: 231
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-10-226
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501710010226
Article History:
Received Date: 07/07/2017Revision Received Date: 06/10/2017
Acceptance Date: 20/10/2017
Electronic publication date: 14/11/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Understanding the size of a population is necessary to define the burden of disease, evaluate opportunities to improve health, inform service planning and assess demographic trends over time.
Methods:
In this article, we described available data on the number of admissions and number of people admitted to custody in Canada. We identified gaps in data, and described the potential value of these data for public health and health care purposes.
Conclusion:
We recommend the systematic collection and dissemination of relevant data on this population in Canada.