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Policies and Practices in the Delivery of HIV Services in Correctional Agencies and Facilities: Results From a Multisite Survey
HIV risk is disproportionately high among incarcerated individuals. Corrections agencies have been slow to implement evidence-based guidelines and interventions for HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. The emerging field of implementation science focuses on organizational interventions to facilitate adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices. A survey of correctional agency partners from the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS) revealed that HIV policies and practices in prevention, detection, and medical care varied widely, with some corrections agencies and facilities closely matching n...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Belenko, S., Hiller, M., Visher, C., Copenhaver, M., O'Connell, D., Burdon, W., Pankow, J., Clarke, J., Oser, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Health Status, Sexual and Drug Risk, and Psychosocial Factors Relevant to Postrelease Planning for HIV+ Prisoners
This study describes the prerelease characteristics of 162 incarcerated HIV-positive men (40 from jails and 122 from prisons). The results include a demographic description of the sample and the participants’ sexual risk behaviors, substance use, health status and HIV medication adherence, health care utilization, mental health, and family and social support. The results highlight a potentially high level of need for services and low levels of support and social connectedness. Postrelease planning should include support for improving HIV medication adherence as well as reducing both sexual and injection drug-related ...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Feaster, D. J., Reznick, O. G., Zack, B., McCartney, K., Gregorich, S. E., Brincks, A. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Norovirus-Like Virus Outbreak at a Correctional Facility in Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, March to April 2008
This report summarizes the outbreak investigation conducted and the various public health measures undertaken through a coordinated response by the facility health care and correctional staff and local and provincial health authorities to contain the infection within the facility. Correctional facilities present unique challenges to the implementation of infection control measures, and the investigators eventually recommended that the facility be closed to transfers and new admissions until the outbreak was brought under control. (Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care)
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Sunil, V., Holt, A. M., Dixon, R., Dingman, D., Noseworthy, A. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Screening Juvenile Justice-Involved Females for Sexually Transmitted Infection: A Pilot Intervention for Urban Females in Community Supervision
Little is known about Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) rates in community-supervised juvenile justice-involved (CSJJI) females, or how to best provide screening for sexually transmitted infections in this population. A pilot intervention allowed case managers to offer optional CT/GC screening to CSJJI females during mandated visits. Anonymous satisfaction surveys and discussion groups assessed intervention acceptability. Case managers met with 514 CSJJI females; 102 (20%) agreed to screening and 117 tests were completed. Among those screened, 21 (18%) had CT and 3 (3%) had GC. Intervention feedback...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Donaldson, A. A., Burns, J., Bradshaw, C. P., Ellen, J. M., Maehr, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The Evaluation of Mental Health Screening Practices Within a Population of Incarcerated Women
Screening for mental illness within prison populations is vital to the safety and well-being of prisoners and to the operation of an institution. Although prisons are currently mandated to screen for mental illness, there are no standardized methods for doing so. Some prisons use specialized mental health screening measures while others simply ask a few face-valid mental health–related questions. The current study examined the validity of the latter method within a population of female prisoners. Quickview questions, selected to serve as mental health screening questions, were compared with the Minnesota Multiphasic ...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Gallagher, A. E., Carbonell, J. L., Gottfried, E. D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Predictors of Adherence to Behavioral Counseling and Medication Among Female Prisoners Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Trial
Smoking is highly prevalent among prison populations. Adherence to counseling and nicotine replacement therapy predicts successful cessation. The authors examined predictors of ≥ 80% adherence to counseling and nicotine patch in a cessation trial targeting female prisoners. Of the 202 participants included in these analyses, 66.8% were adherent to the patch, 51.2% were adherent to counseling, 16.3% were nonadherent to both, and 45.0% were adherent to both. Older age of smoking initiation (p = .01), higher baseline smoking (p = .03), and prior substance abuse treatment (p = .04) predicted counseling adherence. Predictors...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Berg, C. J., Ahluwalia, J. S., Cropsey, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Editor's Letter
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Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - September 27, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Miles, J. R. Tags: Editor ' s Letter Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Tags: Self-Study Program Source Type: research

Correctional Health and the HIV Stages of Care
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Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Zack, B. Tags: Commentries Source Type: research

What Correctional Practitioners Want in an Electronic Health Record
The author analyzed electronic health records (EHR) systems in use in a dozen prisons or jails across the United States and defined 20 criteria for EHR in four categories: clinical interface; integration; logging, tracking, and reporting; and miscellaneous. The majority of EHR surveyed did not meet more than a few of the criteria. It should be feasible to incorporate these criteria in a single EHR. The author aims to provide criteria to help correctional health care administrators and practitioners make informed choices regarding EHR. (Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care)
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Paris, J. E. Tags: Commentries Source Type: research

Bupropion Diversion and Misuse in the Correctional Facility
This article concludes that in the incarcerated population, bupropion is a medication with significant misuse and diversion potential. (Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care)
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Hilliard, W. T., Barloon, L., Farley, P., Penn, J. V., Koranek, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The Case for Human Agency, Well-Being, and Community Reintegration for People Aging in Prison: A Statewide Case Analysis
This study profiled 2,913 adults aged 50 and older sentenced to a statewide correctional system and their parole eligibility status with implications for community reintegration, resettlement, and recovery needs. The research team developed the Correctional Tracking Data Extraction Tool to gather official data and personal and legal characteristics from a state department of corrections website. The majority of older prisoners were men from racial/ethnic minorities between the ages of 50 and 59 with a range of minor to serious offenses. Time served in prison ranged from 1 month to 45 years; more than 40% were eligible for ...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Maschi, T., Morrisey, M. B., Leigey, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

An Ecosystem-Based Intervention to Reduce HIV Transmission Risk and Increase Medication Adherence Among Inmates Being Released to the Community
This article reports on a randomized trial comparing an ecosystem-based intervention and an individually focused intervention for reducing HIV transmission risk and improving medication adherence. Reincarceration was considered as a secondary variable. Both groups decreased sexual risk behavior over the 12-month follow-up period. Unexpectedly, the ecosystem intervention group was less likely to be taking medication or to be adherent and more likely to have been reincarcerated. Failure to demonstrate a significant advantage of the ecosystem intervention may have resulted from the difficulty of engaging family and other ecos...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Reznick, O. G., McCartney, K., Gregorich, S. E., Zack, B., Feaster, D. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Criminalized Women and the Health Care System: The Case for Continuity of Services
Drawing upon research with criminalized women in Massachusetts, this article examines barriers to health care before, during, and after incarceration. Although very few of the surveyed women reported having had to forgo medical treatment because of an inability to pay, almost all of them reported being unable to access consistent, ongoing health care services. Typically, the women recalled sequential contact with dozens of providers at dozens of facilities, treatment plans that had been developed but never executed, psychotherapy that opened wounds but was terminated before healing them, and involuntary interruptions in le...
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Sered, S., Norton-Hawk, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Editor's Letter
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Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - June 20, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Miles, J. R. Tags: Editor ' s Letter Source Type: research