Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health Care

描述（由申请人提供）：惩教卫生学术和卫生政策会议是卫生服务研究人员、政策制定者和临床医生的年度跨学科科学会议，他们关注发展经验证据，以支持对被拘留人群的临床护理。会议为建立网络以及发展和传播研究提供了一个独特的机会。特别是，该论坛将为处于职业生涯早期的调查人员以及代表性不足的少数民族研究人员提供服务，为与在刑事司法保健领域经验丰富的临床医生和科学家建立关系提供机会。主题包括改善被拘留者护理的最迫切需要，包括药物滥用评估和治疗；对严重精神疾病和共存障碍的护理；改善对艾滋病毒和丙型肝炎感染者的护理和护理协调的战略；社区重返社会战略；其他慢性病的护理；以及在安全环境中进行研究的策略。会议的具体目标：1.会议内容：创建一个国家论坛，鼓励在惩教保健方面进行高质量的跨学科研究，重点是药物滥用治疗、精神疾病和同时发生的疾病，以及预防和治疗通过注射吸毒传播的慢性感染。2. 建立一个由惩教卫生研究人员、惩教卫生临床医生、卫生政策专家以及州、县和联邦惩教管理人员组成的跨学科小组，建立网络并分享经验；从彼此的成功和失败中学习；讨论干预措施的想法，以改善被拘留者的结果，95%的人将返回社区。3. 促进跨学科研究团队的发展，以解决该领域最紧迫的需求；制定研究方案；进行研究;并传播和采用基于证据的临床实践在惩教机构和释放后从这些活动中产生的。4. 根据跨学科和地理区域的临床、政策和安全议程，开发应用研究的新领域。方法：每年发布一次论文征集，征集报告和科学海报。每次会议将包括一个主题演讲和两个全体会议演讲，然后是主题分组会议，在同行评审后接受演讲。会议还将包括计划中的会议，以促进对研究设计和网络化研究项目的讨论。有兴趣从事刑事司法保健研究的有限数量的初级调查员可获得奖学金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health is an annual interdisciplinary scientific meeting for health services researchers, policy makers and clinicians concerned with developing empirical evidence to support clinical care for detained populations. The conference provides a unique opportunity for networking as well as the development and dissemination of research. In particular, the forum will serve investigators early in their careers as well as underrepresented minority researchers, facilitating opportunities to develop relationships with clinicians and scientists experienced in the world of criminal justice health care. Topics include the most urgent needs for improving care for detainees including substance abuse evaluation and treatment; care for serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders; strategies to improve care and care coordination for individuals infected with HIV and hepatitis C; community reentry strategies; care for other chronic conditions; and strategies for conducting research in secure environments. Specific aims for the conference: 1. Create a national forum that encourages high quality, interdisciplinary research in correctional health with an emphasis on substance abuse treatment, mental illness and co-occurring disorders as well as prevention and treatment of chronic infections spread through injection drug use. 2. Engage an interdisciplinary group of correctional health researchers, correctional health clinicians, health policy experts and state, county and federal correctional administrators to: network and share experiences; learn from each others' successes and failures; and discuss ideas for interventions to improve outcomes for detainees, 95% of who will return to the community. 3. Facilitate the development of interdisciplinary research teams to: address the most pressing needs in the field; develop research protocols; conduct research; and disseminate and adopt evidence-based clinical practices in correctional settings and post release that emerge from these activities. 4. Develop new areas of applied research informed by the clinical, policy and security agendas across disciplines and geographic areas. Methods: A call for papers is issued annually for submission of presentations and scientific posters. Each conference will include a keynote and two plenary presentations and be followed by themed breakout sessions for presentations accepted following peer review. The conference will also include planned sessions to facilitate discussion of research design and networked research projects. Scholarships are available for a limited number of junior investigators interested in pursuing research on criminal justice health care.