1. Measurement in Correctional Health Research: Unique Challenges and Strategies for Enhanced Rigor.
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Prost SG, Kennedy S, Peck J, Bouchaud MT, and Shelton D
- Subjects
- Database Management Systems, Humans, Psychometrics, Delivery of Health Care organization & administration, Prisons organization & administration, Research organization & administration
- Abstract
It is essential to identify valid and reliable measurement strategies to enhance accurate, comprehensive, and meaningful health assessment and evaluation to improve health outcomes among justice-involved and incarcerated populations. This article identifies and describes three primary challenges related to measurement in correctional health care and makes four recommendations for enhanced measurement rigor from a social justice perspective. First, incorporate incarcerated persons into the measurement research process; second, enhance psychometric investigation in correctional health settings; third, increase the collection of individual-level, health-related data from incarcerated populations; and fourth, create and maintain centralized databases and comprehensive codebooks to promote data sharing.
- Published
- 2019
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