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Program Goal and Objectives
Correctional health and juvenile justice professionals are faced with daily challenges unique to their fields at a time of unprecedented growth in detainee populations. While best practices have emerged, there are many gaps in clinical and population health research
- Will corrections to community linkages help to decrease recidivism?
- What strategies can stem the rising populations of juvenile offenders?
- What practices can decrease suicide rates?
- What programs are useful in preventing relapses in substance abuse?
- What services will help detainees adhere to chronic illness care?
Goal
To provide a forum for sharing and planning research, scholarship and health policy in the field of correctional health
Objectives
- Learn about emerging research across the field and gain skill in designing applied research and program evaluation
- Gain new skills to develop academic-correctional health partnerships and overcoming barriers to research in your institutions
- Network with a multidisciplinary group of participants concerned with the acquisition of new knowledge in correctional health practices
- Reflect on emerging health policy issues in correctional health and criminal justice