Can juvenile justice detention facilities meet the call of the American Academy of Pediatrics and National Commission on Correctional Health Care? A national analysis of current practices

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Gallagher, Catherine A ^a,b   Dobrin, Adam ^b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lloyd Society   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; CJRP; Health care; JRFC; Juvenile justice; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DETENTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRISONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147169515     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0959     Document Type: Article

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