Incarceration, community health, and racial disparities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-88

  Dumont, Dora M ^a   Allen, Scott A ^b,c   Brockmann, Bradley W ^b   Alexander, Nicole E ^d   Rich, Josiah D ^d  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Incarceration; Jail; Prison; Race ethnicity; War on drugs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873482786     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0000     Document Type: Note

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