Conference News
Call for Abstracts Deadline Extended to Thursday, September 21st 9PM EST
We have received feedback from potential presenters for the 11th Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health who were affected by the hurricanes in Houston, Florida and Georgia that they are just getting back to be able to attend to their work. Given the historic nature of two Category 4 hurricanes making landfall and affecting our colleagues, we are making an exception to our customary deadlines and will extend the deadline for proposals until Thursday, September 21 at 9pm.
Some of you may be concerned about attending a conference in Houston in light of the damage the city has sustained, including the hotel. The hotel is projecting to be back up and running as normal in late October. Prospective presenters may want to consider the role they will play in helping the city recover by participating in and attending the conference. Conventions and tourism are significant contributors to Houston's economy, and will be even more critical to help the city move forward.
Learn more about submitting an abstract to the 11th Academic Health & Policy Conference on Correctional Health
Call for Abstracts Deadline Tonight- 9PM EST
- 60 minute seminars for facilitated policy discussions, panels or research skills training
- 30 minutes lectures: detailed 20 minute topic presentation with 10 minute of Q&A
- 15 minute peer papers: tight 10 minute presentation on completed or in progress projects with 5 minutes of Q&A
- Poster Presentations
- 60 minute Special Topic Networking Sessions
- Community reentry
- Health policy
- Implementation Science and Clinical Translation
- Juvenile Justice
- Mental Health
- Policy
- Practice Redesign
- Primary Care
- Public Health
- Research
- Ethics of Clinical Practice and Research
- Special Populations
- Substance Abuse
- Infections from Injection Drug Use (HIV, HCV)
- Community based participatory research
- Clinical controversies on health care delivery behind bars
Announcing: Community Based Scholarship Applications
With a generous grant from the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, the Academic Consortium is pleased to offer scholarships to the 11th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health in Houston, TX to be held March 22-23, 2018. We welcome applications from individuals whose professional and volunteer work focuses on health issues facing justice involved individuals and citizens who are incarcerated or who have returned to the community. Community health workers, advocates, patient navigators, case managers and other allied professionals or volunteers are encouraged to apply.
Scholarships will cover conference registration, up to two nights in the conference hotel and travel expenses up to $300. Please submit your application by Thursday, November 30th.
#HoustonStrong
Our Hearts Are With Houston
Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, many of us watched and listened to the news with horror and disbelief. Harvey is the first Category 4 storm to hit the U.S. in 13 years, and has left an enormous path of destruction in its wake.
2018 Call for Scholarship Applications
The Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health is pleased to open the application process for scholarships to the 11th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health. This year's conference will take place March 22nd & 23rd at the Omni Houston Hotel 4 Riverway, Houston, TX 77056. We are pleased to announce that scholarships are available to junior investigators with funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Langeloth Foundation. The Langeloth Foundation will be funding student scholarships, and we are pleased to announce a new student scholarship opportunity, the Warren J. Ferguson Scholarship, which is funded in 2018 by Commonwealth Medicine.
Call for Papers! 11th Academic Health & Policy Conference on Correctional Health
March 22-23, 2018 at the Omni Houston Hotel in Houston, TX
Submission Deadline September 8, 2017 at 9pm EST
CONFERENCE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn about emerging research across the field and gain skill in designing applied research and program evaluation
- Network with a multidisciplinary group of participants concerned with the acquisition of new knowledge in correctional health practices
- Gain new skills to develop academic-correctional health partnerships and overcome barriers to research in your institution
- Reflect on emerging health policy issues in correctional health and criminal justice
PRESENTATION TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS
- 60 minute seminars for facilitated policy discussions, panels or research skills training
- 30 minutes lectures: detailed 20 minute topic presentation with 10 minute of Q&A
- 15 minute peer papers: tight 10 minute presentation on completed or in progress projects with 5 minutes of Q&A
- Poster Presentations
- 60 minute Special Topic Networking Sessions
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Theme for the 11th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health: While the conference accepts proposed presentations or posters for consideration on any area of criminal justice health (see list of potential tracks below), we are interested in patterns, experiences and outcomes of health service utilization in criminal justice involved populations, including care provided during incarceration and both during and after community reentry. We welcome presentations on ways to effectively address the complex needs of justice involved populations, including particular emphasis in 2018 on Population Health Management and Data Driven Decision Making.
- Community reentry
- Health policy
- Implementation Science and Clinical Translation
- Juvenile Justice
- Mental Health
- Policy
- Practice Redesign
- Primary Care
- Public Health
- Research
- Ethics of Clinical Practice and Research
- Special Populations
- Substance Abuse
- Infections from Injection Drug Use (HIV, HCV)
- Community based participatory research
- Clinical controversies on health care delivery behind bars
GLOSSARY OF SUGGESTED TERMS
The Board of Directors of ACCJH is conscious of stigmatizing terminology which is often used to describe justice involved persons and populations. As such, we are promoting first-person language which we believe is more humanizing, to describe people who are involved in the criminal justice system. We support recommendations by the Osborne Association and seek to eliminate stigmatizing language in conference print materials, proceedings and presentations. To that end, we ask proposers to exclude the terms below from their proposals and presentations, substituting them with the suggested (or similar) terms.
- Terms to be avoided Preferred terms
- Convict, Con, Inmate, Prisoner Person who is incarcerated
- Offender, Criminal Person in pre-trial or with charge
- Parolee Justice-involved person
- Ex-Con Formerly incarcerated person
- Parolee Person on parole or probation
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT
Save The Date: March 22-23, 2018 | 11th Academic Health & Policy Conference on Correctional Health
The Correctional Health Conference provides a forum for researchers, clinicians, administrators, educators, policy makers, and grant funding leaders to network, share evidence, and learn about emerging research and relevant policy updates in the field of correctional health care. This year's conference is taking place at the Omni Houston Hotel, Houston, TX.
Gray Areas- Alia Moore, MD
Congratulations to Alia Moore, MD of University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora on the publication of this piece! Dr. Moore is one of our past scholarship recipients and a two-time attendee at the Academic Health & Policy Conference on Correctional Health.
Read the full article here:
FY 2017 BJS Visiting Fellows: Criminal Justice Statistics Programs Application Due: May 4, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications for funding for one or more visiting fellows in its Criminal Justice Statistics Programs. Read more...
The Case for the Patient-Centered Medical Home in Correctional Healthcare- Julie White blogs with Huffington Post
Given the advantages of patient-centered medical homes, it would make sense to apply the team-oriented principles to one of our most underserved populations: incarcerated individuals. Julie White of the University of Massachusetts Medical School's Health and Criminal Justice Program writes on PCMH for the HuffPost Blog.
