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General Session Topics
Medication Adherence in the Correctional Setting
- Joseph Bick, MD
A Public Health Model for Correctional Healthcare
- Jim Vivian, PhD
HIV, STDs, and TB in Prisons and Jails
- Theodore Hammett, PhD
HIV Prevention for Women with Incarcerated Partners
- Olga Grinstead, PhD, MPH
Interventions to Improve Follow-Up After Release from Jail
- Mary White, PhD, MPH
HIV prevention in the New Millenium
- Harold Rasmussen
Corrections and the Community
- John Miles, BA, MPH
Additional Speakers:
- George Flores, MD, MPH
- Evalyn Horowitz, MD
Workshops
Discharge Planning/Case Management - 3 Models
This workshop will include a description of the ESCAPE program, which offers case management and life survival skills for women. Participants will also learn about the model used at the Forensic AIDS Project to provide health education and medical, social, and transitional services to inmates in the San Francisco County Jail system.
The third model will be an overview of the California Department of Corrections, Transitional Case Management Program (TCMP)
Facilitators:
- Mark Morewitz, Forensic AIDS Project;
- Elizabeth Solas, ESCAPE; TBD, TCMP
The Correlation Between Chemical Dependency and Disease in the Criminal Justice System and Beyond
A look at the process of moving from pain to power. Techniques, concepts, and insights will be presented that center around HIV, Hep C, chemical dependency, alcoholism, and institutionalization.
Facilitators:
- Elmer Bisarra, Community Connections/Being Alive;
- David Lewis, San Mateo County AIDS Services
Overview of Peer Health Education
A peer-led discussion of the many benefits of peer health education and an overview of how the program works at two California State Institutions.
Facilitators:
- Harold Atkins, -Katie Kramer, and -Jay Nolan, Centerforce;
- Derrick Ollison, California Department of Corrections
Bridging the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Gap Between Corrections and Public Health
This workshop will focus on the unique relationships that can be developed between corrections and local public health departments which can lead to reducing the incidence of STDs in both correctional facilities and the local communities. Discussion will include real world examples and include tools for building a working program of mutual benefit for adult and juvenile facilities.
Facilitator:
- Dennis Ferrero, San Joaquin County Public Health Services;
- Kevin Griffy, STD Control Branch
Hepatitis Screening and Prevention in Correctional Settings in San Diego County
This workshop will focus on the facilitators' experience implementing vaccination and screening programs over the past two years
Facilitators:
- David Callahan, Centers for Disease Control;
- Patricia Gonzales, Department of Health and Human Services
TB Control in Corrections
Using a combination of didactic and interactive techniques, this workshop will cover topics that will be useful for participants wanting to review their own TB control programs and identifying practical interventions to improve TB care.
Facilitators:
- Jaqueline Peterson Tulsky, Positive Health Program, SF General Hospital;
- Mary White, UCSF School of Nursing;
- Meredith LaVene
Transitioning HIV Positive Inmates from a County Jail Into the Community
This workshop will cover issues of county jails in determining the need and providing healthcare for HIV positive inmates. It will include a discussion of early release and sentencing issues, and connections with community release programs.
Facilitator:
- Royanne Schissel, San Diego Sheriff's Department;
- Tim Smith
Wellness: Behind and Beyond the Walls
An overview of the practice of wellness and how it can positively impact the well-being of our staff and inmates.
Facilitator:
- John Battalino and Meyer Horenstein, California Department of Corrections
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