Public Health Behind Bars (eBook)

Robert B. Greifinger, M.D., is a medical management consultant. He has extensive experience in the development and management of complex community and institutional health care programs. His current clients include managed care organizations and state and local correctional systems. Greifinger frequently serves as a court-appointed expert to report on ailing correctional health systems. He is also an adjunct Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Previously, he was the Chief Medical Officer for the New York State of Correctional Services, which was responsible for the health care of 68,000 inmates.

Foreword 5
Preface 7
Contents 9
Contributors 12
Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble: Looking Forward, Not Wayward 16
Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public Health 28
Litigating for Better Medical Care 40
Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons 57
Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging Population 71
International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm Minimization 88
The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United States 103
HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Corrections: A Public Health Opportunity 117
Prevention of Viral Hepatitis 141
HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings 170
Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities 188
Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings 226
Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services 243
Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence- based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve Public Health 263
Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry 279
Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process 294
Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional System 306
Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes 318
Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender- Specific Treatment and Reentry Programs 334
Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice 347
Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional Settings 360
Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co- occurring Disorders 381
Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence- Based Therapy 398
Health Research Behind Bars: A Brief Guide to Research in Jails and Prisons 427
Reentry Experiences of Men with Health Problems 446
Providing Transition and Outpatient Services to the Mentally Ill Released from Correctional Institutions 473
Sexual Predators: Diversion, Civil Commitment, Community Reintegration, Challenges, and Opportunities 490
Electronic Health Records Systems and Continuity of Care 505
Community Health and Public Health Collaborations 520
Improving the Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: An Integrated Prison- Release Health Model 547
Index 568