Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors in female prison correctional officers in a national sample in Brazil.
Ana Zaira da SilvaRosa Maria Salani MotaRaimunda Hermelinda Maia MacenaRoberto da Justa Pires NetoMarcelo José Monteiro FerreiraPriscila França de AraújoThereza Maria Magalhães MoreiraDavid W SealCarl KendallLigia Regina Franco Sansigolo KerrPublished in: Journal of occupational health (2021)
While findings, except for the last factor, are not novel, this is the first such study conducted in Brazil. Hypertension prevalence among this pool of all female correctional officers is higher than in the average population, and FCOs associate this with the prison environment. Current training does not appear to address this problem. Especially since prison populations are growing in Brazil, this problem needs to be addressed for the health of the FCOs and the prisoners in their care.