Public health behind bars : from prisons to communities

1. Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble: Looking Forward, Not Wayward . Robert B. Greifinger Section 1: Impact of Law and Public Policy on Correctional Populations 2. Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public Health. Todd R. Clear 3. Litigating for Better Medical Care . Jon Wool 4. Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons R. Samuel Paz 5. Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging Population. Brie Williams and Rita Abraldes 6. International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm Minimization.73 Michael Levy 7. The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United States. Mark Heath Section 2: Communicable Disease 8. HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Corrections: A Public Health Opportunity Joseph A. Bick 9. Prevention of Viral Hepatitis . 127 Cindy Weinbaum and Karen A. Hennessey 10. HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings Barry Zack 11. Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities Farah M. Parvez 12. Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings Charlotte K. Kent and Gail A. Bolan Section 3: Primary and Secondary Prevention 13. Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services229 Megha Ramaswamy and Nicholas Freudenberg 14. Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence-based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve the Public Joshua D. Lee, Marshall W. Fordyce, and Josiah D. Rich 15. Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry. Jeff Mellow 16. Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process. Lindsay M. Hayes 17. Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional System Richard L. Grant 18. Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes . Michelle Staples-Horne, Kaiyti Duffy, and Michele T. Rorie 19. Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender-Specific Treatment and Reentry Programs. Andrea F. Balis 20. Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice . Henrie M. Treadwell, Mary E. Northridge, and Traci N. Bethea x Contents Section 4: Tertiary Prevention 21. Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional Settings. Raymond F. Patterson and Robert B. Greifinger 22. Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co-occurring Disorders .. Roger H. Peters and Nicole M. Bekman 23. Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Therapy . R. Douglas Bruce, Duncan Smith-Rohrberg, and Frederick L. Altice Section 5: Thinking Forward to Reentry—Reducing Barriers and Building Community Linkages 24. Health Research Behind Bars: A Brief Guide to Research in Jails and Prisons . Nicholas Freudenberg 25. Reentry Experiences of Men with Health Problems Christy A. Visher and Kamala Mallik-Kane 26. Providing Transition and Outpatient Services to the Mentally Ill Released from Correctional Institutions. Steven K. Hoge 27. Sexual Predators: Diversion, Civil Commitment, Community Reintegration, Challenges, and Opportunities . Karen Terry 28. Electronic Health Records Systems and Continuity of CareRalph P. Woodward 29. Community Health and Public Health CollaborationsThomas Lincoln, John R. Miles, and Steve Scheibel 30. Improving the Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: An Integrated Prison-Release Health Model Sandra A. Springer and Frederick L. Altice