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We aimed to conduct a Delphi process with key stakeholders to define priorities for research in prison health in Canada for the next 10\u2005years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a Delphi process using an online survey with two rounds in 2014 and 2015.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We invited key stakeholders in prison health research in Canada to participate, which we defined as persons who had published research on prison health in Canada since 1994 and persons in the investigators\u2019 professional networks. We invited 143 persons to participate in the first round and 59 participated. We invited 137 persons to participate in the second round and 67 participated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants suggested topics in the first round, and these topics were collated by investigators. We measured the level of agreement among participants that each collated topic was a priority for prison health research in Canada for the next 10\u2005years, and defined priorities based on the level of agreement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the first round, participants suggested 71 topics. In the second round, consensus was achieved that a large number of suggested topics were research priorities. Top priorities were diversion and alternatives to incarceration, social and community re-integration, creating healthy environments in prisons, healthcare in custody, continuity of healthcare, substance use disorders and the health of Aboriginal persons in custody.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Generated in an inclusive and systematic process, these findings should inform future research efforts to improve the health and healthcare of people who experience detention and incarceration in Canada.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2015-010125","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,15]],"date-time":"2016-01-15T05:58:52Z","timestamp":1452837532000},"page":"e010125","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Using a Delphi process to define priorities for prison health research in Canada"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Fiona G","family":"Kouyoumdjian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andr\u00e9e","family":"Schuler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathryn E","family":"McIsaac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"},{"name":"Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lucie","family":"Pivnick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Flora I","family":"Matheson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Glenn","family":"Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lori","family":"Kiefer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"},{"name":"Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Diego","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"},{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephen W","family":"Hwang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121410551273000_6.1.e010125.1","unstructured":"Walmsley R . 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