Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health Care

描述（由申请人提供）：学术和卫生政策会议惩教健康是一个年度跨学科的科学会议，卫生服务研究人员，决策者和临床医生关心开发经验证据，以支持被拘留人口的临床护理。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，该论坛将服务于调查人员在他们的职业生涯早期以及代表性不足的少数民族研究人员，促进机会，发展与临床医生和科学家在刑事司法保健的世界经验的关系。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;严重精神疾病和并发症的护理;改善艾滋病毒和丙型肝炎感染者护理和护理协调的战略;重返社区战略;其他慢性病的护理;以及在安全环境中进行研究的战略。会议的具体目标：1。创建一个国家论坛，鼓励对教养保健进行高质量的跨学科研究，重点是药物滥用治疗、精神疾病和并发症以及预防和治疗通过注射吸毒传播的慢性感染。2.让一个由惩教健康研究人员、惩教健康临床医生、卫生政策专家和州、县和联邦惩教管理人员组成的跨学科小组参与：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，其中95%的人将返回社区。3.促进跨学科研究团队的发展：解决该领域最紧迫的需求;制定研究协议;开展研究;以及在惩教机构和释放后传播和采用这些活动产生的循证临床实践。4.通过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：每年发布论文征集，以提交演讲和科学海报。每次会议将包括一个主题演讲和两个全体演讲，然后是主题分组会议，用于同行评审后接受的演讲。会议还将包括计划的会议，以促进研究设计和网络研究项目的讨论。奖学金提供给数量有限的对刑事司法保健研究感兴趣的初级调查人员。

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.