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A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health
Edited by L Møller, H Stöver, R Jürgens, et al
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Before the Next Storm: Some Evidence-Based Reminders About Temporary Release.
Cheliotis LK
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2008 May 13.
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Research on the Caretaking of Children of Incarcerated Parents: Findings and Their Service
Delivery Implications.

Hanlon TE, Carswell SB, Rose M.
 
Child Youth Serv Rev.
2007 Mar;29(3):384-362.
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Continuity of Care
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  
 
 

Training as a Facilitator of Best Practice and Continuity of Care for
Inmates at Risk or Infected with HIV, Hepatitis, and Syphilis (P1
81)

J Zalumas
(2002 National STD]
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Spiritual Issues/Challenges
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Exploring the Type-of-Crime Hypothesis, Religiosity, and Spirituality in an Adult Male
Prison Population.

Fernander A, Wilson JF, Staton M, Leukefeld C. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2005 Dec;49(6):682-95
Abstract
 
A working theology of prison ministry.
Hall ST.
J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2004 Fall;58(3):169-78.
Abstract
 
Muslims in prison: a case study from Ohio state prisons.
Ammar NH, Weaver RR, Saxon S. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2004 Aug;48(4):414-28.
Abstract
 
An exploratory examination of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale among incarcerated black and white
male drug users.
Fernander A, Wilson JF, Staton M, Leukefeld C.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2004 Aug;48(4):403-13
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Medical status of adolescents at time of admission to a juvenile detention center.
Feinstein RA, Lampkin A, Lorish CD, et al
J Adolesc Health. 1998 Mar;22(3):190-6.
Abstract

Vinegar and oil: are the moral/ethical decision processes by professional prison
chaplains  superior to hospital chaplains?
Tribe RM, Romeril JD.
J Pastoral Care
. 2000 Autumn;54(3):313-24.
Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  

  Religious participation before incarceration is associated with decreased HIV risk among
incarcerated men

Gaiter J., Wang T., Zhang J., et al
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Reincarceration
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-Infected Prisoners: Reincarceration and
the Lack of Sustained Benefit after Release to the Community.

Springer SA, Pesanti E, Hodges j, et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jun 15;38(12):1754-60
Abstract  
 

Prison Injuries
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and psychiatric comorbidity in female juvenile offenders.
Dixon A, Howie P, Starling J.

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.
2005 Aug;44(8):798-806.
Abstract
 
Case-controlled study of patients with self-inflicted burns.
Horrner BM, Ahmadi H, Mulholland R, et al

Burns. 2005 Jun;31(4):471-5.
Abstract
 
Characteristics of self-cutters among male inmates: Association with bulimia and dissociation.
Matsumoto T, Yamaguchi A, Asami T, et al
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Jun;59(3):319-
Abstract
 
Traumatic brain injury in a county jail population: prevalence, neuropsychological
functioning and psychiatric disorders.

Slaughter B, Fann JR, Ehde D.
Brain Inj. 2003 Sep;17(9):731-41.
Abstract

Impact of a newly opened prison on an accident and emergency department.
Boyce SH, Stevenson J, Jamieson IS, Campbell S.
Emerg Med J 2003 Jan;20(1):48-51
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