A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Health Factors or Behaviors of the Cardiovascular Health of Prisoners During Incarceration.

CONCLUSIONS: Structured physical activity interventions, nutrition interventions, and smoking cessation interventions delivered in a group setting can improve health factors or behaviors of the cardiovascular health of prisoners during incarceration. More high-quality research is needed to increase the evidence base on the effectiveness of these interventions in the correctional setting.
PMID: 28489726 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - May 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Mohan ARM, Thomson P, Leslie SJ, Dimova E, Haw S, McKay JA Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research