Greifinger Public Health Behind Bars

From Prisons to Communities
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-71695-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 576 Seiten

Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communities examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the impact on public health as prisoners are released. This book makes a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter.

Robert B. Greifinger, M.D., is a medical management consultant. He has extensive experience in the development and management of complex community and institutional health care programs. His current clients include managed care organizations and state and local correctional systems. Greifinger frequently serves as a court-appointed expert to report on ailing correctional health systems. He is also an adjunct Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Previously, he was the Chief Medical Officer for the New York State of Correctional Services, which was responsible for the health care of 68,000 inmates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greifinger, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;5
2;Preface;7
3;Contents;9
4;Contributors;12
5;Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble: Looking Forward, Not Wayward;16
6;Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public Health;28
7;Litigating for Better Medical Care;40
8;Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons;57
9;Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging Population;71
10;International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm Minimization;88
11;The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United States;103
12;HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Corrections: A Public Health Opportunity;117
13;Prevention of Viral Hepatitis;141
14;HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings;170
15;Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities;188
16;Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings;226
17;Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services;243
18;Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence- based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve Public Health;263
19;Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry;279
20;Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process;294
21;Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional System;306
22;Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes;318
23;Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender- Specific Treatment and Reentry Programs;334
24;Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice;347
25;Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional Settings;360
26;Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co- occurring Disorders;381
27;Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence- Based Therapy;398
28;Health Research Behind Bars: A Brief Guide to Research in Jails and Prisons;427
29;Reentry Experiences of Men with Health Problems;446
30;Providing Transition and Outpatient Services to the Mentally Ill Released from Correctional Institutions;473
31;Sexual Predators: Diversion, Civil Commitment, Community Reintegration, Challenges, and Opportunities;490
32;Electronic Health Records Systems and Continuity of Care;505
33;Community Health and Public Health Collaborations;520
34;Improving the Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: An Integrated Prison- Release Health Model;547
35;Index;568