: Robert B. Greifinger
: Robert Greifinger
: Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communities
: Springer-Verlag
: 9780387716954
: 1
: CHF 139.30
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: Allgemeines
: English
: 576
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Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communitiesexamines 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.
Foreword5
Preface7
Contents9
Contributors12
Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble: Looking Forward, Not Wayward16
Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public Health28
Litigating for Better Medical Care40
Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons57
Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging Population71
International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm Minimization88
The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United States103
HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Corrections: A Public Health Opportunity117
Prevention of Viral Hepatitis141
HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings170
Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities188
Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings226
Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services243
Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence- based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve Public Health263
Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry279
Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process294
Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional System306
Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes318
Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender- Specific Treatment and Reentry Programs334
Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice347
Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional Settings360
Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co- occurring Disorders381
Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence- Based Therapy398
Health Research Behind Bars: A Brief Guide to Research in Jails and Prisons427
Reentry Experiences of Men with Health Problems446
Providing Transition and Outpatient Services to the Mentally Ill Released from Correctional Institutions473
Sexual Predators: Diversion, Civil Commitment, Community Reintegration, Challenges, and Opportunities490
Electronic Health Records Systems and Continuity of Care505
Community Health and Public Health Collaborations520
Improving the Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: An Integrated Prison- Release Health Model547
Index568