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Health and Incarceration:  A Workshop Summary

Open Access Book
Health and Incarceration: A Workshop Summary.
Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration, Committee on Law and Justice,
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Board on the Health
of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine. Washington (DC):

National Academies Press (US); 2013 Aug 08.

 

 
Film Reviews

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Navigating Limited and Uncertain Access to Subsidized Housing After Prison.
Keene DE, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Guo M, Blankenship KM. 
Hous Policy Debate. 2018;28(2):199-214.
Paper

Teaching Dental Students About Incarceration and Correctional Dentistry: Results from a National Survey.
Candamo F, Tobey M, Simon L.
et al
Dent Educ
. 2018 Mar;82(3):299-305.
Abstract

Teaching Dental Students About Incarceration and Correctional Dentistry: Results from a National Survey.
Candamo F, Tobey M, Simon L. 

J Dent Educ
. 2018 Mar;82(3):299-305.
Abstract

Child incarceration and long-term adult health outcomes: a longitudinal study.
Barnert ES, Abrams LS, Tesema L, et al
Int J Prison Health. 2018 Mar 12;14(1):26-33.
Abstract

Social Work and Prison Labor: A Restorative Model.
Sliva SM, Samimi C
.
Soc Work
. 2018 Feb 7.
Abstract

Short- and long-term effects of imprisonment on future felony convictions and prison admissions.
Harding DJ, Morenoff JD, Nguyen AP, Bushway SD.

Proc Natl Acad Sci
U S A
. 2017 Oct 17;
Abstract

Managed access technology to combat contraband cell phones in prison: Findings from a process evaluation.
Grommon E.  

Eval Program Plann
. 2017 Oct 5;66:39-47
Abstract

The Relationship Between Gambling Severity and Risk of Criminal Recidivism.
April LM, Weinstock J. 

J Forensic Sci
. 2017 Oct 3.
Abstract

Short- and long-term effects of imprisonment on future felony convictions and prison admissions.
Harding DJ, Morenoff JD, Nguyen AP, Bushway SD.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U
S A
. 2017 Oct 2.
Abstract

Cardiovascular Disease in Incarcerated Populations.
Wang EA, Redmond N, Dennison Himmelfarb CR, et al
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jun 20;69(24):2967-2976.
Abstract

Outcome of challenging HIV case consultations provided via teleconference by the Clinician Consultation Center to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Dong BJ, Williams MR, Bingham JT,  et al
J
Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
. 2017 Jun 10
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The reciprocal lagged effects of substance use and recidivism in a prisoner reentry context.
Link NW, Hamilton LK.  

Health Justice
. 2017 Dec;5(1):8.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Health care needs and service use among male prison inmates in the United States: A multi-level behavioral model of prison health service utilization.
Nowotny KM. 
Health Justice. 2017 Dec;5(1):9
Paper

Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA.
Wildeman C, Wang EA.
Lancet. 2017 Apr 8;389(10077):1464-1474
Abstract

Family planning services for incarcerated women: models for filling an unmet need.
Sufrin C, Baird S, Clarke J, Feldman E
Int J Prison Health. 2017 Mar 13;13(1):10-18.
Abstract

Dual Incarceration and Condom Use in Committed Relationships.
Groves AK, Zhan W, Del Río-González AM, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2017 Feb 13.  
Abstract

Enhancing Social Support Postincarceration: Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Pettus-Davis C, Dunnigan A, et al
J Clin Psychol. 2017 Feb 7
Abstract

Exploring the Association between Race and Health among Older Adults Who Are Incarcerated.
Maschi T, Shi Q, Forseth K, Laureano P, Viola D.
Soc Work Public Health
. 2017 Feb 3:
Abstract

Black Americans and Incarceration: A Neglected Public Health Opportunity for HIV Risk Reduction.
Rowell-Cunsolo TL, El-Bassel N, Hart CL.

J Health Care Poor Underserved
. 2016;27(1):114-130.
Abstract

Decreased re-conviction rates of DUI offenders with intensive supervision and home confinement.
Barta WD, Fisher V, Hynes P.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2016 Oct 31:1-5.
Abstract

Pathways to Desistance Among Men Convicted of Sexual Offenses: Linking Post Hoc Accounts of Offending Behavior and Outcomes.
Kras KR, Blasko BL.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2016 Sep 20
Abstract

Violence risk assessment and psychological treatment in correctional and forensic settings: Advances in research and practice.
Magaletta PR, VandenBos GR.

Psychol Serv
. 2016 Aug;13(3):203-5.
Abstract

Modifying a Risk Assessment Instrument for Youthful Offenders.
Shapiro CJ, Malone PS, Gavazzi SM
.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2016 Jul 15.
Abstract

Mass Incarceration Through a Different Lens: Race, Subcontext, and Perceptions of Punitiveness of Correctional Alternatives When Compared to Prison.
I
rizarry Y, May DC, Davis A, Wood PB.
Race Justice
. 2016 Jul;6(3):236-256.

Abstract

Coming Out' of Prison: An Exploratory Study of LGBT Elders in the Criminal Justice System.
Maschi T, Rees J, Klein E.
J Homosex
. 2016 May 27
Abstract

Examining the Impact of Prior Criminal Justice History on 2-Year Recidivism Rates: A Comparison of Drug Court Participants and Program Referrals.
Shannon LM, Jackson Jones A, et al
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2016 Apr 28.
Abstract

Screaming Behind a Door: The Experiences of Individuals Incarcerated Without Medication-Assisted Treatment.
Aronowitz SV, Laurent J.
J Correct Health Care. 2016 Apr;22(2):98-108.
Abstract

Social Factors Related to the Utilization of Health Care Among Prison Inmates.
Nowotny KM.

J Correct Health Care
. 2016 Apr;22(2):129-38
Abstract

The Scope of Practice of Occupational Therapy in U.S Criminal Justice Settings.
Muñoz JP, Moreton EM, Sitterly AM.

Occup Ther Int
. 2016 Apr 19
Abstract

Reporting Sexual Victimization During Incarceration: Using Ecological Theory as a Framework to Inform and Guide Future Research.
Kubiak SP, Brenner H, Bybee D, et al
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2016 Mar 8. pii: 1524838016637078
Abstract

Evidence-Based Sentencing: Public Openness and Opposition to Using Gender, Age, and Race as Risk Factors for Recidivism.
Scurich N, Monahan J.

Law Hum Behav
. 2015 Sep 21
Abstract

On the move: Incarceration, race, and residential mobility.
Warner C.

Soc Sci Res
. 2015 Jul;52:451-64.
Abstract

The Influence of Rehabilitative and Punishment Ideology on Correctional Officers' Perceptions of Informal Bases of Power.
Gordon JA, Stichman AJ.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2015 May 20
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The impact of incarceration on obesity: are prisoners with chronic diseases becoming overweight and obese during their confinement?
Gates ML, Bradford RK.

J Obes
. 2015;2015:532468.
Paper

Wellness and illness self-management skills in community corrections.
Kelly PJ, Ramaswamy M, Chen HF, Denny D.

Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2015 Feb;36(2):89-95.
Abstract

Monoamine oxidase A genotype, childhood adversity, and criminal behavior in an incarcerated sample.
Armstrong TA, Boutwell BB, Flores S,  et al

Psychiatr Genet
. 2014 Aug;24(4):164-71.
Abstract

Predicting Recidivism in Sex Offenders With the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS).
Walters GD, Deming A, Casbon T.
Assessment. 2014 Jul 9.

Abstract

Best Practices for Increasing Access to SSI and SSDI on Exit From Criminal Justice Settings.
Dennis D, Ware D, Steadman HJ.
Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Jul 1
Abstract

An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles: Comparing Male and Female Probationers and Prisoners.
Walters GD.
Psychol Assess. 2014 Jun 30.
Abstract

High incarceration rates among black men enrolled in clinical studies may compromise ability to identify disparities.
Wang EA, Aminawung JA, Wildeman C,  et al
Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 May;33(5):848-55.
Abstract

Homelessness in a national sample of incarcerated veterans in state and federal prisons.
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA, Kasprow WJ, McGuire JF.

Adm Policy Ment Health
. 2014 May;41(3):360-7.
Abstract

Prescribing in prison: minimizing psychotropic drug diversion in correctional practice.
Pilkinton PD, Pilkinton JC.
J Correct Health Care
. 2014 Apr;20(2):95-104.
Abstract

The Impact of Prison Reentry Services on Short-Term Outcomes: Evidence From a Multisite Evaluation.
Lattimore PK, Visher CA
.
Eval Rev
. 2014 Jan 14
Abstract

Addressing Mass Incarceration: A Clarion Call for Public Health.
Cloud DH, Parsons J, Delany-Brumsey A.
Am J Public Health
. 2014 Jan 16
Abstract

Cigarette smoking as an expression of independence and freedom among inmates in a tobacco-free prison in the United States
van den Berg JJ, Bock B, Roberts MB,
  et al
Nicotine Tob Res
. 2014 Feb;16(2):238-42.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Racial Variation in the Effect of Incarceration on Neighborhood Attainment.
Massoglia M, Firebaugh G, Warner C.
Am Sociol Rev. 2013 Feb;78(1).

Paper

The Brief Self-Control Scale Predicts Jail Inmates' Recidivism, Substance Dependence, and Post-Release Adjustment.
Malouf ET, Schaefer KE, Witt EA, et al
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2013 Dec 17.
Abstract

The ROC Program: Accelerated Restoration of Competency in a Jail Setting.
Rice K, Jennings JL.
J Correct Health Care. 2013 Nov 13.
Abstract

The Paradox of Probation: Community Supervision in the Age of Mass Incarceration.
Phelps MS.
Law Policy. 2013;35(1-2):51-80
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Reliability, Validity, and Predictive Utility of the 25-Item Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS).
Tangney JP, Stuewig J, Furukawa E,, et al

Crim Justice Behav
. 2012 Oct;39(10):1340-1360.
Paper

Applying inoculation theory to the study of recidivism reduction in criminal prison inmates.
Matusitz J, Breen GM.
J Evid Based Soc Work. 2013 Oct;10(5):455-65
Abstract

What correctional practitioners want in an electronic health record.
Paris JE.

J Correct Health Care
. 2013 Jul;19(3):218-28
Abstract

Self-reports of faulty parental attachments in childhood and criminal psychopathy in an adult-incarcerated population: an integrative literature review.
Bailey C, Shelton D.
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2013 May 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Incarceration of a household member and Hispanic health disparities: childhood exposure and adult chronic disease risk behaviors.
Gjelsvik A, Dumont DM, Nunn A.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 May 2;10:E6
Paper

Prisons, jobs and privatization: The impact of prisons on employment growth in rural US counties, 1997-2004
Genter S, Hooks G, Mosher C.
Soc Sci Res. 2013 May;42(3):596-610
Abstract

A Pilot Study Examining Food Insecurity and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Individuals Recently Released From Prison.
Wang EA, Zhu GA, Evans L,  et al
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2013 Apr;25(2):112-23.
Abstract

The Role of Prevention in Promoting Continuity of Health Care in Prisoner Reentry Initiatives.
Woods LN, Lanza AS, Dyson W, Gordon DM.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Mar 14.
Abstract

Prisoner reentry: a public health or public safety issue for social work practice?
Patterson GT.
Soc Work Public Health. 2013 Mar;28(2):129-41

Abstract

Federal Bureau of Prisons HIV consultant pharmacist monitoring and advisory program.
Bingham JT.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2012 Nov 1;52(6):798-801.
Abstract

The unmet medical needs of correctional populations in the United States.
Cropsey KL, Binswanger IA, Clark CB, Taxman FS.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Nov-Dec;104(11-12):487-92.
Abstract

The Association between Unintended Pregnancy and Violence among Incarcerated Men and Women.
Kelly PJ, Ramaswamy M.
J Community Health Nurs
. 2012 Oct;29(4):202-13.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Strip searches in the Supreme Court--prisons and public health.
Annas GJ.
N Engl J Med
. 2012 Oct 25;367(17):1653-7.
Paper

Penile nodules in the penal system.
Griffith J, Horowitz D.
Cutis
. 2012 May;89(5):237-9.
Abstract

Limiting options: sex ratios, incarceration rates, and sexual risk behavior among people on probation and parole.
Green TC, Pouget ER, Harrington M,   et al
Sex Transm Dis
. 2012 Jun;39(6):424-30.
Abstract

As roughly 700,000 prisoners are released annually, about half will gain health coverage and care under federal laws.
Cuellar AE, Cheema J.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 May;31(5):931-8.
Abstract

Gender-responsive programs in U.S. Prisons: implications for change.
White GD.
Soc Work Public Health
. 2012 Mar 29;27(3):283-300.
Abstract

Asserting prisoners' right to health: progressing beyond equivalence.
Exworthy T, Samele C, Urquía N, Forrester A.
Psychiatr Serv
. 2012 Mar 1;63(3):270-5.
Abstract

Challenges to Health Care Delivery in U.S. Prisons.
Nelson R.
Am J Nurs
. 2012 Jan;112(1):19-20.
Abstract

African American fathers and incarceration: paternal involvement and child outcomes.
Perry AR, Bright M.
Soc Work Public Health. 2012 Jan 6;27(1-2):187-203.
Abstract
 
Mothers in prison: maintaining connections with children.
Mignon SI, Ransford P.
Soc Work Public Health. 2012 Jan 6;27(1-2):69-88.
Abstract
 
Children of incarcerated parents: how a mentoring program can make a difference.
Laakso J, Nygaard J.
Soc Work Public Health
. 2012 Jan 6;27(1-2):12-28.
Abstract
 
Incarcerated fathers and parenting: importance of the relationship with their children.
Lee CB, Sansone FA, Swanson C, Tatum KM.
Soc Work Public Health
. 2012 Jan 6;27(1-2):165-86.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Receipt of A(H1N1)pdm09 Vaccine by Prisons and Jails - United States, 2009-10 Influenza Season.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
.
2012 Jan 6;60:1737-40.
Paper

Beyond Absenteeism: Father Incarceration and Child Development.
Geller A, Cooper CE, Garfinkel I,  et al
Demography. 2011 Dec 28. 
Abstract

Subcutaneous Penile Insertion of Domino Fragments by Incarcerated Males in Southwest United States Prisons:A Report of Three Cases
Hudak SJ, McGeady J, Shindel AW, Breyer BN.
J Sex Med
. 2011 Nov 14.
Abstract

Education, empowerment and community based structural reinforcement: An HIV prevention response to mass incarceration and removal
Draine J, McTighe L, Bourgois P.
Int J Law Psychiatry
. 2011 Jul 26
Abstract

Imaging correctional facility patients.
Rarey L
Radiol Technol. 2011 May-Jun;82(5):447-63
Abstract

A review of quality measures used by state and federal prisons.
Damberg CL, Shaw R, Teleki SS, et al
J Correct Health Care
. 2011 Apr;17(2):122-37
Abstract

Tobacco Use by Male Prisoners Under an Indoor Smoking Ban.
Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, et al  
Nicotine Tob Res. 2011 Mar 29
Abstract

Predictive and incremental validity of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide scores with male and female jail inmates.
Hastings ME, Krishnan S, Tangney JP, Stuewig J.
Psychol Assess. 2011 Mar;23(1):174-83.
Abstract

Paternal Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families.
Geller A, Garfinkel I, Western B.
Demography
. 2011 Feb 12.
Abstract

Invited Commentary: (Mass) Imprisonment and (Inequities in) Health.
Wildeman C.
Am J Epidemiol
. 2011 Jan 14
Abstract
 

Physicians in US Prisons in the Era of Mass Incarceration.
Allen SA, Wakeman SE, Cohen RL, Rich JD.
Int J Prison Health. 2010 Dec 1;6(3):100-106.
Abstract

The Impact of Prison Conditions on Staff Well-Being.
Bierie DM.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2010 Nov 30
Abstract

The Effect of Incarceration on Urban Fathers' Health.
Curtis MA.
Am J Mens Health
. 2010 Nov 8

Abstract

Jails, public health, and generalizability.
Potter RH.
J Correct Health Care
. 2010 Oct;16(4):263-72
Abstract

Incarceration in fragile families.
Wildeman C, Western B.

Future Child
. 2010 Fall;20(2):157-77.
Abstract

The United States needs a WHO health in prisons project.
Weinstein C.

Public Health
. 2010 Sep 29
Abstract

Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in Prison Health Care Standards.
Stern MF, Greifinger RB, Mellow J.

Am J Public Health
. 2010 Sep 23
Abstract

Children's contact with their incarcerated parents: Research findings and recommendations.
Poehlmann J, Dallaire D, Loper AB, Shear LD.

Am Psychol
. 2010 Sep;65(6):575-98.
Abstract

Incarcerating death: mortality in U.S. state correctional facilities, 1985-1998.
Patterson EJ.

Demography
. 2010 Aug;47(3):587-607.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Criminal justice involvement, behavioral health service use, and costs of forensic assertive community treatment: a randomized trial.
Cusack KJ, Morrissey JP, Cuddeback GS, et al

Community Ment Health J
. 2010 Aug;46(4):356-63
Paper

An attachment perspective on incarcerated parents and their children.
Cassidy J, Poehlmann J, Shaver PR.

Attach Hum Dev
. 2010 Jul;12(4):285-8.
Abstract

Fulfilling the mission of academic medicine: training residents in the health needs of prisoners.
Wakeman SE, Rich JD.
 
J Gen Intern Med
. 2010 May;25 Suppl 2:S186-8.
Abstract

Self-reported physical health of inmates: impact of incarceration and relation to optimism.
Heigel CP, Stuewig J, Tangney JP.
 
J Correct Health Care
. 2010 Apr;16(2):106-16.
Abstract

Is Incarceration a Contributor to Health Disparities? Access to Care of Formerly Incarcerated Adults.
Kulkarni SP, Baldwin S, Lightstone AS, et al
 
J Community Health
. 2010 Feb
Abstract

 
 
Transgendered
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  "What's the right thing to do?" Correctional healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and experiences caring for transgender inmates.
Clark KA, White Hughto JM, Pachankis JE.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Nov;193:80-89.

Human Rights
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  An Integrative Review of Nurse-Authored Research to Improve Health Equity and Human Rights for Criminal-Justice-Involved People.
Goshin LS, Colbert AM, Carey JF.

J Forensic Nurs
. 2018 Apr 24.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Callous and Cruel     Use of Force against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons
Human Rights Watch, 5/12/15
Paper


Clinical Trials
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV clinical trials in correctional settings: right or retrogression?
De Groot AS, Bick J, Thomas D, Stubblefield E.
AIDS Read 2001 Jan;11(1):34-40

Abstract

Health Perceptions
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  The effect of incarceration on prisoners' perception of their health.
Blanc A, Lauwers V, Telmon N, Rouge D.

J Community Health 2001 Oct;26(5):367-381
Abstract
 

Riots
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Prison rioters: exploring infraction characteristics, risk factors, social correlates, and criminal careers.
Graeve CM, Delisi M, Hochstetler A. 

Psychol Rep.
2007 Apr;100(2):407-19.
Abstract
 

Execution
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The medical-legal quandary of healthcare in capital punishment: an ethical dilemma for the anesthesia provider.
Johnson KW.  
AANA J. 2008 Dec;76(6):417-9.
Abstract
 
The lethal injection quandary: how medicine has dismantled the death penalty.
Denno DW 

Fordham Law Rev.
2007 Oct;76(1):49-128
Abstract
 
Is the death of the death penalty near? The impact of Atkins and Roper on the future of capital punishment for mentally ill defendants.
Shin H
 
Fordham Law Rev.
2007 Oct;76(1):465-516.
Abstract

FULL TEXT APDFRTICLE
Lethal injection for execution: chemical asphyxiation?
Zimmers TA, Sheldon J, Lubarsky DA

PLoS Med. 2007 Apr;4(4):e156.
Paper 

Physician participation in lethal injection executions.
Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2007 Apr;20(2):147-51.
Abstract
Inadequate anaesthesia in lethal injection for execution.
Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA, Sheldon JP.
Lancet. 2005 Apr 16-22;365(9468):1412-4.
Abstract
 
A new test for evaluating Eighth Amendment challenges to lethal injections.
[No authors listed]
Harv Law Rev. 2007 Mar;120(5):1301-23.
Abstract
 
Death penalty support for special offender populations of legally convicted murderers: juveniles, the mentally retarded, and the mentally incompetent.
Boots DP, Heide KM, Cochran JK.
Behav Sci Law. 2004;22(2):223-38.
Abstract
 
Lethal injection, autonomy and the proper ends of medicine.
Silver D.
Bioethics. 2003 Apr;17(2):212-4.
Abstract

Veterans
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

  Homelessness in a National Sample of Incarcerated Veterans in State and Federal Prisons.
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA, Kasprow WJ, McGuire JF
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2013 Mar 20
Abstract

Veterans aging in place behind bars: A structured living program that works.
Kopera-Frye K, Harrison MT,  et al
Psychol Serv
. 2013 Feb;10(1):79-86.
Abstract

 

Terrorists
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

  The Quest for Significance Model of Radicalization: Implications for the Management of Terrorist Detainees.
Dugas M, Kruglanski AW.
Behav Sci Law
. 2014 May 6

Abstract
 

 


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