{"product_id":"9780387716947","title":"Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePublic Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGreifinger, Robert\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProjecting correctional facility-based health care into the community arena, \u003cem\u003ePublic Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities\u003c\/em\u003e examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the considerable impact on public health as prisoners are released. More than forty practitioners, researchers, and scholars in correctional health, mental health, law, and public policy make a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter. These authors offer affirmative recommendations toward that evolutionary step. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter authors identify the most compelling health problems behind bars (including communicable disease, mental illness, addiction, and suicide), pinpoint systemic barriers to care, and explain how correctional medicine can shift from emergency or crisis care to primary care and prevention. In addition, strategies are outlined that link community health resources to correctional facilities so that prisoners can transition to the community without unnecessarily taxing public resources or falling through the cracks. Between the authors’ research findings and practical suggestions, readers will find realistic answers to these and similar questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan transmission of HIV, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases be reduced and prevented among prisoners?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can correctional facilities treat addiction more effectively?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat can be done to improve diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan correctional care benefit from quality management and performance measurement?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can care be coordinated between correctional and community health care providers? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the health risks to communities if action is not taken?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Health BehindBars: From Prisons to Communities\u003c\/em\u003e is a challenge of immediate interest to readers in correctional health and medicine, public and community health, health care administration and policy, and civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2007-10-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387716947\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-71695-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 576\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46412080414860,"sku":"9780387716947","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387716947.jpg?v=1772026933","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780387716947","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}