Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities

The second edition plans to include revisions/updates to 18 chapters, likely revisions/updates to five chapters, and six chapters are as yet confirmed. Chapter 8 from the first edition will be dropped from the second edition.
In addition, the editor has confirmed seven new chapters: correctional nursing (Section 4), sanitation to prevent intramural transmission (Section 3), transitions from prisons to communities (Section 5), segregation (Section 5), the European experience (Section 1), and root cause analysis for quality improvement (Section 3). A chapter on ethics is contemplated (Section 1).​Authors listed are from the first edition; second edition TBD

1. Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble: Looking Forward, Not Wayward Robert B. Greifinger
Section 1: Impact of Law and Public Policy on Correctional Populations2. Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public HealthTodd R. Clear3. Litigating for Better Medical Care Jon Wool4. Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons R. Samuel Paz5. Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging PopulationBrie Williams and Rita Abraldes6. International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm MinimizationMichael Levy7. The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United StatesMark HeathNEW: The European experience (Section 1)
TBD: A chapter on ethics is contemplated (Section 1)

Section 2: Communicable Disease8. Prevention of Viral Hepatitis
Cindy Weinbaum and Karen A. Hennessey9. HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings Barry Zack10. Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional FacilitiesFarah M. Parvez11. Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings Charlotte K. Kent and Gail A. Bolan
Section 3: Primary and Secondary Prevention12. Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services Megha Ramaswamy and Nicholas Freudenberg13. Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence-based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve the Public Health Joshua D. Lee, Marshall W. Fordyce, and Josiah D. Rich14. Written Health Informational Needs for ReentryJeff Mellow15. Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review ProcessLindsay M. Hayes16. Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional SystemRichard L. Grant17. Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes Michelle Staples-Horne, Kaiyti Duffy, and Michele T. Rorie18. Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender-Specific Treatment and Reentry ProgramsAndrea F. Balis19. Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice Henrie M. Treadwell, Mary E. Northridge, and Traci N. BetheaNEW: Sanitation to prevent intramural transmission (Section 3)
NEW: Root cause analysis for quality improvement (Section 3)

Section 4: Tertiary Prevention20. Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional SettingsRaymond F. Patterson and Robert B. Greifinger21. Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co-occurring Disorders Roger H. Peters and Nicole M. Bekman22. Pharmacological Treat

Author: Robert B. Greifinger
Publisher: Springer
Published: 10/27/2022
Pages: 520
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.06lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781071618097