CORRECTIONAL institutions, DETENTION facilities, JUVENILE detention homes, JUVENILE corrections, MEDICAL care, PUBLIC health administration, ADOLESCENT health, PUBLIC health, HEALTH planning
Abstract
The article presents a position paper from the American Public Health Association relative to the improvement of health care in prisons, jails, and youth detention centers in the U.S. The association backs the recommendation for a federal strategy to help improve health care these centers as structured by the report of General Accounting Office to U.S. Congress. It also supports the Health Services Administration's Prison Health Initiative aimed to assign National Health Service Corps staff to prisons and jails. In addition, the group urges the development of periodic and independent medical audit reviews to check that standards are being met and quality care provided. Other significant decisions of the group are presented.
Published
1980
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