Table 1 Characteristics of studies conducted from 1993 to 2014 on the health status of people who have experienced detention in Canada, N = 194
Characteristic | Number (%) of studies | |
|---|---|---|
Geographic location | Alberta | 2 (1.0) |
British Columbia | 29 (14.9) | |
Manitoba | 3 (1.5) | |
New Brunswick | 1 (0.5) | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 (0.5) | |
Nova Scotia | 1 (0.5) | |
Ontario | 44 (22.7) | |
Quebec | 17 (8.8) | |
Saskatchewan | 3 (1.5) | |
multiple provinces | 75 (38.7) | |
not specified | 18 (9.3) | |
Conducted in federal or provincial facilities | federal | 121 (62.4) |
provincial | 48 (24.7) | |
both | 20 (10.3) | |
not specified | 5 (2.6) | |
Population included | persons in correctional facilities | 183 (94.3) |
persons after release | 6 (0.03) | |
both | 5 (0.03) | |
Period of data collection | while in correctional facilities only | 182 (93.8) |
prior to admission to or subsequent to release from correctional facilities | 6 (3.1) | |
both | 6 (3.1) | |
Participant gender | male | 86 (44.3) |
female | 3 (1.5) | |
both | 67 (34.5) | |
not specified | 10 (5.2) | |
Participant age group | adults | 162 (83.5) |
youth | 24 (12.4) | |
both | 6 (3.1) | |
not specified | 2 (1.0) | |
Study design* | intervention | 15 (7.7) |
randomized trial | 2 (1.0) | |
controlled before-after study | 4 (2.1) | |
before-after study | 7 (3.6) | |
cross-sectional | 2 (1.0) | |
longitudinal | 40 (20.6) | |
cross-sectional | 139 (71.6) | |