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Juveniles
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Urine-Based Chlamydia Screening of Young Men in State and Local Juvenile
Detention Facilities—Prevalence Variations in Oregon and Washington,
1998–2000 (P47)
DS LaMontagne, LE Patrick
(2002 National STD)
 Abstract
Women
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Short-Term Psychological Adjustment of Female Prison Inmates on a Minimum
Security Unit.
Islam-Zwart KA, Vik PW, Rawlins KS.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12;
Abstract
High-Risk Behaviors
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Using a jail-based survey to monitor HIV and risk behaviors among Seattle area injection
drug users.
Thiede H, Romero M, Bordelon K,et al
 J Urban Health. 2001 Jun;78(2):264-78
 Abstract
Mental Health/Illness
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Short-Term Psychological Adjustment of Female Prison Inmates on a Minimum
Security Unit.
Islam-Zwart KA, Vik PW, Rawlins KS.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12;
Abstract
 
Cost shifting to jails after a change to managed mental health care.
Domino ME, Norton EC, Morrissey JP, Thakur N.
Health Serv Res. 2004 Oct;39(5):1379-402.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Trauma, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and associated problems among
incarcerated veterans.
Saxon AJ, Davis TM, Sloan KL, et al. 
Psychiatr Serv 2001 Jul;52(7):959-964
 Paper 

Measuring level of function in mentally III prison inmates: a preliminary study.
Harris VL, Lovell D
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2001;29(1):68-74.
 Abstract
Chlamydia
 

Screening

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Urine-Based Chlamydia Screening of Young Men in State and Local Juvenile
Detention Facilities—Prevalence Variations in Oregon and Washington, 1998–2000 (P47)
DS LaMontagne, LE Patrick
(2002 National STD)
 Abstract
Hepatitis C
 

Disease Incidence/Epidemiology

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and risk factors in an incarcerated
juvenile population: a pilot study.
Murray KF, Richardson LP, Morishima C,et al
Pediatrics 2003 Jan;111(1):153-7
 Abstract
HIV
 
General Reports

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Rearrest: does HIV serostatus make a difference
Harris VL, Rafii R, Tonge SJ, Uldall KK
 AIDS Care. 2002 Dec;14(6):839-49.
 Abstract
Substance Use
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population.
Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, et al 
Psychol Addict Behav. 2006 Sep;20(3):343-7.
Abstract

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