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General Reports
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
End-Stage Liver Disease in a State Prison Population.
Baillargeon J, Soloway RD, Paar D, et al
Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Aug 4;
 Abstract
 
Capital Offenders in Texas Prisons: Rates, Correlates, and an Actuarial Analysis of Violent
Misconduct.
Cunningham MD, Sorensen JR.
Law Hum Behav. 2007 Mar 23;
 Abstract
 
Outcomes of Project Wall Talk: an HIV/AIDS Peer Education Program Implemented
within the Texas State Prison System.
Ross MW, Harzke AJ, Scott DP, et al
AIDS Educ Prev. 2006 Dec;18(6):504-517
 Abstract
 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Texas Programs for Inmate Re-entry
Positive Populations  Vol 6, No 4
 Paper
 
Prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among incarcerated males in county jail.
Johnson RJ, Ross MW, Taylor WC, et al 
Child Abuse Negl. 2006 Jan 10;
Abstract
 
Health care delivery in the Texas prison system: the role of academic medicine.
Raimer BG, Stobo JD.
JAMA. 2004 Jul 28;292(4):485-9.
 Abstract
 
The infectious disease profile of Texas prison inmates.
 Baillargeon J, Black SA, Leach CT, et al 
Prev Med. 2004 May;38(5):607-12.
 Abstract
 
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
  Medical clearance and psychiatric assessment: Key Concerns for Effective Jail
Diversion for Persons with Mental Illness
G Gonzales
(135 APHA)
Abstract
Juveniles
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Prevalence of depression and other psychiatric disorders among incarcerated youths.
Domalanta DD, Risser WL, Roberts RE, Risser JM.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003 Apr;42(4):477-84
 Abstract

Juvenile justice mental health services.
Thomas CR, Penn JV.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2002 Oct;11(4):731-48.
Abstract

Implementation of a screening program for chlamydial infection in incarcerated
adolescents.
Risser JM, Risser WL, Gefter LR, et al..
Sex Transm Dis 2001 Jan;28(1):43-6
 Abstract 
Women
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster

  Program design, implementation and evaluation of women's prison health outreach services
delivered by peer educators
 DP Scott, C Gish
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Condom use with main and other partners among sterilized and non-sterilized women in the
Houston county jail and local residential drug and alcohol treatment centers
SL Pruitt,  PD Mullen,  K Von Sternberg, MM Velasquez
(135 APHA)
 Abstract
Violence
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Factors in prison suicide: one year study in Texas.
He XY, Felthous AR, Holzer CE 3rd, et al.
J Forensic Sci 2001 Jul;46(4):896-901
 Abstract
Mental Health/Illness
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Taxometric analyses of borderline personality features in a large-scale male and female offender sample.
Edens JF, Marcus DK, Ruiz MA.  
J Abnorm Psychol. 2008 Aug;117(3):705-11.
 Abstract

Needs for and barriers to correctional mental health services: inmate perceptions.
Morgan RD, Steffan J, Shaw LB, Wilson S.  
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Sep;58(9):1181-6
 Abstract
 
The association of psychiatric disorders and HIV infection in the correctional setting.
Baillargeon J, Ducate S, Pulvino J,  et al
Ann Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;13(9):606-12.
Abstract
 
Antipsychotic prescribing patterns in the Texas prison system.
Baillargeon J, Contreras SA.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2001;29(1):54-7.
 Abstract
 
Anti-depressant prescribing patterns for prison inmates with depressive disorders.
Baillargeon J, Black SA, Contreras S
J Affect Disord. 2001 Mar;63(1-3):225-31.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Compliance with antidepressant medication among prison inmates with depressive disorders.
Baillargeon J, Contreras S, Grady JJ,
 Psychiatr Serv. 2000 Nov;51(11):1444-6
 Paper
Antiretroviral prescribing patterns in the Texas prison system.
Baillargeon J, Borucki MJ, Zepeda S, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Dec;31(6):1476-81.
 Abstract
 
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
  Costs of jail diversion for persons with mental illness: A case study
J Cowell, A Aldridge
135 APHA)
 Abstract
Chlamydia
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries\

  Implementation of a screening program for chlamydial infection in incarcerated
adolescents.
Risser JM, Risser WL, Gefter LR, et al..
Sex Transm Dis 2001 Jan;28(1):43-6
 Abstract 
HBV
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Hepatitis B Vaccination of Inmates in Correctional Facilities ---Texas, 2000--2002
CDC
MMWR August 5, 2004 / 53(30);681-683
 Paper
HIV
 
General Reports

          Newspapers
 
  FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Curb HIV infection rates in Texas prisons
Amon J. McLemore M 
The Austin American Statesman May 10, 2007 (Reprinted on Human Rights Watch)
 Article

Incidence/Epidemiology

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  HIV Seroprevalence among newly incarcerated inmates in the Texas correctional system.
Wu ZH, Baillargeon J, Grady JJ,et al
Ann Epidemiol. 2001 Jul;11(5):342-6.
Abstract
 
HIV and Neoplasms

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  The association of neoplasms and HIV infection in the correctional setting.
Baillargeon J, Pollock BH, Leach CT, Gao SJ.
 Int J STD AIDS. 2004 May;15(5):348-51.
 Abstract
 
HIV and Mental Illness

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The association of psychiatric disorders and HIV infection in the correctional setting.
Baillargeon J, Ducate S, Pulvino J,
Ann Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;13(9):606-12.
Abstract
HCV
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries\

  Hepatitis C seroprevalence among newly incarcerated inmates in the Texas
correctional system.
Baillargeon J, Wu H, Kelley MJ, et al
Public Health. 2003 Jan;117(1):43-8.
Abstract
Staph Infection
 

Disease Incidence/Epidemiology

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries\
 
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the Texas prison system.
 Baillargeon J, Kelley MF, Leach CT, et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2004 May 1;38(9):e92-5
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Correctional Facilities ---Georgia,
California, and Texas, 2001--2003
MMWR October 17, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 4
Paper
Discharge Planning
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
  HIV medical case management as a link to care for individuals recently released
from prison
S A Moreno, S Walker, S Mendive, et al
 (14IAC)
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