Correlates of Preincarceration Health Care Use Among Women and Men in Jail

Ramaswamy, Megha; Díaz, F. Verjano; Pankey, Tyson; Hunt, Suzanne L.; Park, Andrew; Kelly, Patricia J.

doi:10.1177/1078345815588663

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“…55,56 Prior to incarceration, justice-involved populations generally have low utilization rates of community-based care. 57 Correctional systems however have the potential to become integrated into medical home models and to build upon continuity-of-care systems. 58 At this time, very limited information is available regarding treatment quality and access.…”

Section: Clinical Carementioning

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A Call to Action: A Blueprint for Academic Health Sciences in the Era of Mass Incarceration

Ferguson¹,

Cloud²,

Spaulding³

et al. 2016

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Over 100 million Americans have criminal records, and the U.S. incarcerates seven times more citizens than most developed countries. The burden of incarceration disproportionately affects people of color and ethnic minorities, and those living in poverty. While 95% of incarcerated people return to society, recidivism rates are high with nearly 75% arrested again within five years of release. Criminal records impede access to employment and other social services such as shelter and health care. Justice-involved people have higher rates of substance, mental health, and some chronic medical disorders than the general population; furthermore, the incarcerated population is rapidly aging. Only a minority of academic health science centers are engaged in health services research, workforce training, or correctional health care. This commentary provides rationale and a blueprint for engagement of academic health science institutions to harness their capabilities to tackle one of the country's most vexing public health crises.

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Section: Clinical Carementioning

confidence: 99%

A Call to Action: A Blueprint for Academic Health Sciences in the Era of Mass Incarceration

Ferguson¹,

Cloud²,

Spaulding³

et al. 2016

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“…This relatively short term stay and rapid release from jail, compared to more stable prison populations, is a significant public health challenge for individuals and communities. Incarceration makes individuals more likely to relapse to substance abuse, and non-adherence to mental and physical health treatment programs [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. Jail residents may also become an important vector for communicable disease being cycled in and out of jail populations.…”

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A Survey of Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Converging Morbidities in a County Jail: A Cultural-Ecological Assessment of Health Conditions in Jail Populations

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Camplain

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The environmental health status of jail populations in the United States constitutes a significant public health threat for prisoners and the general population. The ecology of jails creates a dynamic condition in relation to general population health due to the concentrated potential exposure to infectious diseases, difficult access to treatment for chronic health conditions, interruption in continuity of care for serious behavioral health conditions, as well as on-going issues for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorders. This paper reports on elements of a cross-sectional survey embedded in a parent project, “Health Disparities in Jail Populations.” The overall project includes a comprehensive secondary data analysis of the health status of county jail populations, along with primary data collection that includes a cross-sectional health and health care services survey of incarcerated individuals, coupled with collection of biological samples to investigate infectious disease characteristics of a county jail population. This paper reports on the primary results of the survey data collection that indicate that this is a population with complex and interacting co-morbidities, as well as significant health disparities compared to the general population.

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“…People who are incarcerated are the only group in the United States with a constitutionally protected right to health care [2]. Since patients affected by incarceration are also less likely to have access to the health care system prior to their incarceration, medical care in the criminal justice system represents an opportunity to dramatically improve patients' health and connect them with necessary services [3,4]. Yet patients with a history of incarceration continue to have higher rates of medical, psychiatric, and dental disease; higher mortality; and a shorter life expectancy [5][6][7][8].…”

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Ethics at the Intersection of the Criminal Justice and Health Care Systems

2017

AMA Journal of Ethics

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Correlates of Preincarceration Health Care Use Among Women and Men in Jail

Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

A Call to Action: A Blueprint for Academic Health Sciences in the Era of Mass Incarceration

A Call to Action: A Blueprint for Academic Health Sciences in the Era of Mass Incarceration

A Survey of Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Converging Morbidities in a County Jail: A Cultural-Ecological Assessment of Health Conditions in Jail Populations

Ethics at the Intersection of the Criminal Justice and Health Care Systems

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