141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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3053.0
Jail and prison health

Monday, November 4, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe threats to health during incarceration, particularly in New York City jails. Analyze factors related to self-harm. Identify harmful, unethical, or illegal treatment of women inmates with respect to sterilization. List professional concerns regarding women's health care.
Moderator:
Kawika Liu, MD, PhD, JD

8:30am
Self-harm and solitary confinement in the NYC jail system   
Homer D. Venters, MD MS, Daniel Selling, PsyD and Ross MacDonald, MD
     
8:50am
Reproductive health care in New York state prisons: Current conditions and suggestions for improvement   
Tamar Kraft-Stolar and Rachel Roth, PhD
     
9:10am
Imprisoned women and sterilization: Enduring legal and ethical concerns   
Rachel Roth, PhD and Sara Ainsworth, JD
  
9:30am
Prevalence and incidence of traumatic brain injury among incarcerated New York City adolescents   
Ross MacDonald, MD, Fatos Kaba, MA, Alpha Haque and Homer D. Venters, MD MS
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Medical Care
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Law, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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