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In Need of Correction: The Prison Cycle of Health Care  9/28/2005
American Public Health Association and Community Voices Initiative, Washington, D.C.

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The American Public Health Association in collaboration with the Community Voices Initiative of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine sponsor a forum on correctional health issues. This event highlights research that appears in the October 2005 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

The forum panel discuss key prison health issues, including access to care to people who are incarcerated, disparities in health care and issues related to mental health and women's health.

Welcome:

  • George Benjamin, M.D., FACP, executive director, American Public Health Association

Keynote Address:

  • David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., interim president, Morehouse School of Medicine and 16th U.S. Surgeon General

Remarks:

Panel Discussion - State of Prison Healthcare:

  • Greg Mathis, 36th District Court, Michigan, host, Judge Mathis and panel moderator
  • Nicholas Freudenberg, Ph.D., professor and director, Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York
  • Marguerite Johnson, vice president for Programs, Health Division, WK Kellogg Foundation
  • Steven Leifman, JD, associate administrative judge, Miami-Dade County Court
  • David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., interim president, Morehouse School of Medicine and 16th U.S. Surgeon General
  • Lester Wright, M.D., commissioner and chief medical officer, Department of Correction Services, New York

Question and Answer Session

Closing Remarks:

  • Henrie Treadwell, Ph.D., senior social scientist and associate director of Development , National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine

 


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