Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 11-12
Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble : Looking Forward, Not Wayward....Pages 1-10
Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public Health....Pages 13-24
Litigating for Better Medical Care....Pages 25-41
Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons....Pages 42-55
Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging Population....Pages 56-72
International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm Minimization....Pages 73-87
The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United States....Pages 88-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-102
HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Corrections: A Public Health Opportunity....Pages 103-126
Prevention of Viral Hepatitis....Pages 127-155
HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings....Pages 156-173
Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities....Pages 174-211
Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings....Pages 212-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-228
Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services....Pages 229-248
Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence-based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve Public Health....Pages 249-264
Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry....Pages 265-279
Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process....Pages 280-291
Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional System....Pages 292-303
Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes....Pages 304-319
Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender-Specific Treatment and Reentry Programs....Pages 320-332
Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice....Pages 333-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional Settings....Pages 347-367
Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co-occurring Disorders....Pages 368-384
Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Therapy....Pages 385-411
Front Matter....Pages 413-414
Health Research Behind Bars: A Brief Guide to Research in Jails and Prisons....Pages 415-433
Reentry Experiences of Men with Health Problems....Pages 434-460
Providing Transition and Outpatient Services to the Mentally Ill Released from Correctional Institutions....Pages 461-477
Sexual Predators: Diversion, Civil Commitment, Community Reintegration, Challenges, and Opportunities....Pages 478-492
Electronic Health Records Systems and Continuity of Care....Pages 493-507
Community Health and Public Health Collaborations....Pages 508-534
Improving the Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: An Integrated Prison-Release Health Model....Pages 535-555
Back Matter....Pages 556-576