Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and HIV Disparities in Correctional Settings: Practice and Policy Implications for African Americans

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dc.contributor.authorHatcher, Schnavia Smith
dc.contributor.authorToldson, Ivory A.
dc.contributor.authorGodette, Dionne C.
dc.contributor.authorRichardson , Joseph B., Jr.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:51Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:51Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractMental health challenges, substance use disorders, and HIV/AIDS disproportionately affect Black people in correctional settings. Culturally responsive practice and equitable policy is predicated upon research that explores the burden, prevalence, and mortality of these public health concerns on the health and social well-being of African Americans in the correctional setting. This paper has three sections: (1) mental health; (2) substance abuse; and (3) HIV/AIDS. Each section summarizes current treatment issues unique to correctional settings, and provides recommendations for enhancing programs and policy to meet the needs of Black people who have been arrested, detained, incarcerated, paroled, or released. Further, we make recommendations for how interdisciplinary researchers and health care/treatment providers can engage in science-guided advocacy to address these issues and reduce related disparities experienced by people of African ancestry.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.0.0154
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/9ven-7r9y
dc.identifier.citationHatcher, Schnavia Smith and Toldson, Ivory A. and Godette, Dionne C. and Richardson , Joseph B., Jr. (2009) Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and HIV Disparities in Correctional Settings: Practice and Policy Implications for African Americans. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 20 (2A). pp. 6-16.
dc.identifier.issn1548-6869
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23326
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectHIV/Aids
dc.subjectIllegal Drug Use
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectHealth disparities
dc.subjectcorrections
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectsubstance abuse
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS
dc.subjectincarceration
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.titleMental Health, Substance Abuse, and HIV Disparities in Correctional Settings: Practice and Policy Implications for African Americans
dc.typeArticle

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