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General Reports
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Comparison of health and social characteristics of people leaving New York City
jails by age, gender, and race/ethnicity: implications for public health interventions.
Freudenberg N, Moseley J, Labriola M, et al
Public Health Rep. 2007 Nov-Dec;122(6):733-43.
Abstract
 
Reconsidering the public health failings of the criminal justice system: A reflection on
the caseof Scott Oritiz.
Kerr T.  
Harm Reduct J. 2006 Aug 15;3(1):2
 Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The Case of Scott Ortiz: A clash between criminal justice and public health.
Venters HD, Razvi AM, Tobia MS, Drucker E.
Harm Reduct J. 2006 Jul 24;3(1):21
 Abstract
 
Correctional mental health services in New York: then and now.
Smith H, Sawyer DA, Way BB.
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):21-39.
 Abstract
 
Building an HIV continuum for inmates: New York State's criminal justice initiative.
Klein SJ, O'Connell DA, Devore BS
AIDS Educ Prev. 2002 Oct;14(5 Suppl B):114-23
 Abstract

Jails, prisons, and the health of urban populations: a review of the impact of the correctional
system on community health.
Freudenberg N  
 J Urban Health 2001 Jun;78(2):214-35   
Abstract
 
A telemedicine model for emergency care in a short-term correctional facility.
Ellis DG, Mayrose J, Jehle DV, et al
Telemed J E Health. 2001 Summer;7(2):87-92.
Abstract

Juveniles
 

       Internet Reports

 

FULL-TEXT REPORT
U.S.: Girls Abused in New York’s Juvenile Prisons

Human Rights Watch
September 26, 2006
News Report

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Preventing and reducing substance use among institutionalized adolescents.
Morehouse E, Tobler NS.
Adolescence. 2000 Spring;35(137):1-28.
 Abstract
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Challenges in the retention of adolescent males in jail-based studies with post incarceration follow-up
M Kusick, EO Benjamin, V Edwards  
(136 APHA) 
Abstract

What is the Importance of Urine-based Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Screening of Adolescents Incarcerated
in Secure Juvenile Detention Facilities in New York State?
S Jones, D Leffingwell, M Cohen, et al
 (2008 National STD)
 Abstract
Women
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Primary Care and Health Insurance among Women Released from New York City Jails.
Lee J, Vlahov D, Freudenberg N. et alJ
Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006 Feb;17(1):200-17.
Abstract
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Maternal drug history, incarceration for drug-related crimes, and post-release relapse
as risk factors for interrupted attachment and maternal separations when children
reenter the community from a prison nursery
MW. Byrne,  LS Goshin,   SS Joestl,  KT. Bond
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
Healthcare Access
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Correctional mental health services in New York: then and now.
Smith H, Sawyer DA, Way BB.
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):21-39.
 Abstract
Violence
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Inmate suicide and time spent in special disciplinary housing in new york state prison.
Way BB, Sawyer DA, Barboza S, Nash R.
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Apr;58(4):558-60.
 Abstract  

Reducing suicides in New York State correctional facilities.
Kovasznay B, Miraglia R, Beer R, Way B.
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):61-70.
 Abstract  
HCV
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The Case of Scott Ortiz: A clash between criminal justice and public health.
Venters HD, Razvi AM, Tobia MS, Drucker E.
 Harm Reduct J. 2006 Jul 24;3(1):21
Paper
HIV
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV Transmission Behaviors in Jail/Prison Among Puerto Rican Drug Injectors in
New York and Puerto Rico.
Kang SY, Deren S, Andia J, Colon HM  
AIDS Behav. 2005 Aug 18;:1-10
 Abstract  
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Reducing the rates of HIV in upstate New York prisons among African American male inmates:
The role of public health social workers
RH Keefe, SD Lane  RA. Rubinstein, et al
(136 APHA)
 Abstract

Improving the HIV/AIDS clinical skills of correctional health care providers using
telemedicine
DG Fish, GW Clifford
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Staph Infections
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection in New York State Prisons.
Lowy FD, Aiello AE, Bhat M, et al
J Infect Dis. 2007 Sep 15;196(6):911-8.
 Abstract
Mental Health/Illness
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
State Prison Mental Heath Services Recipients Perception of Care Survey.
Way BB, Sawyer DA, Kahkejian D, et al 
Psychiatr Q. 2007 Aug 24;
Abstract 
 
Mental Health Service Recipients and Prison Work Release: How Do the Mentally Ill Fare
Compared to Other Inmates in Prison Work Release Programs?
Way BB, Abreu D, Ramirez-Romero D, et al 
J Forensic Sci. 2007 Jun 6;
 Abstract 
 
Structured Assessment of Correctional Adaptation (SACA): A Measure of the Impact of
Incarceration on the Mentally Ill in a Therapeutic Setting.
Carr WA, Rotter M, Steinbacher M, et al  
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2006 Oct;50(5):570-81.
 Abstract 
 
Factors related to suicide in New York state prisons.
Way BB, Miraglia R, Sawyer DA, Beer R, Eddy J :
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2005 Jun 8;
 Abstract 

Transfers to civil psychiatric inpatient services from a maximum security forensic
hospital.
Way BB, Smith H, Sawyer D.
Behav Sci Law. 2004;22(2):253-9.
Abstract 

Personality disorders in prison: aren't they all antisocial?
Rotter M, Way B, Steinbacher M, et al
Psychiatr Q. 2002 Winter;73(4):337-49.
Abstract 
 
A five-year population study of persons involved in the mental health and local
correctional systems: implications for service planning.
Cox JF, Morschauser PC, Banks S, Stone JL.
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2001 May;28(2):177-87.
Abstract 
 
Utilization of local jails and general hospitals by state psychiatric center patients.
Banks SM, Stone JL, Pandiani JA, et al
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2000 Nov;27(4):454-9.
 Abstract 
Discharge Planning
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Coming home from jail: the social and health consequences of community reentry for women,
male adolescents, and their families and communities.
Freudenberg N, Daniels J, Crum M, et al  
Am J Public Health. 2008 Sep;98(9 Suppl):S191-202.
 Abstract

What Shall I Do Now? Released Offenders Expectations for Supervision Upon Release.
Gideon L.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Dec 3
Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  The effect of discharge planning on health outcomes for HIV-infected prison inmates
M J Hubbard
 (14IAC)
 Abstract

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