ACCJH Conference 2024

Phoenix, AZ

April 10, 2024

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April 12, 2024

Thank you for presenting at the 17th annual ACCJH conference. Please refer to the following presenter guides for recommended language, accessible design best practices, and logistics.

Poster Guide Presenter’s Guide

Conference Summary

The Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, hosted by ACCJH and supported by ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School, is an annual peer-reviewed conference that highlights emerging research and policy across the justice field and supports the ACCJH mission to improve evidence-based practices and policies to improve the health of justice-involved populations. It is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together researchers, clinicians, public health experts and policymakers to meet this objective.

While the conference accepts proposed presentations or posters for consideration on any area of correctional justice health (see topics of interest below), we are interested in patterns, experiences and outcomes of health service utilization in 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.

The newly expanded three-day conference draws participants from more than 100 academic and correctional institutions around the world. Details about the conference, including hotel information and sponsorship opportunities are available on the conference website.

Topics of Interest

The overarching topic (e.g., the focus of the plenary and keynote presentations) of the 2024 conference will focus on environmental justice as it applies to the criminal legal system.

And, while this is the theme for Keynote and Plenary speakers, the conference will include presentations and research that address a wide array of others relevant for individuals and agencies at the intersection of health and criminal legal systems. Other topics that ACCJH is particularly interested in are: diversion or alternative to police programs (e.g., pre-arrest, pre-booking), health during community re-entry, juvenile justice and health, chronic and preventative care in carceral settings, policy reform and advocacy, mental health, reproductive health, substance use disorder and treatment, infectious diseases, innovation in research methods.

ACCJH is also interested in the following sub populations: individuals with disabilities, aging carceral populations, LGBTQIA+ populations, veterans, Latinx, Black and tribal health and carcerality.

Conference Schedule

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Educational Objectives

Participants will know and/or be able to:

Learn about emerging research at the intersection of health and the criminal-legal systems and gain skills in applied research and cross-disciplinary and systems collaboration
Network with a multidisciplinary group of attendees interested in learning and sharing criminal-legal health practices and be able to name three opportunities to develop partnerships
Gain new skills to develop academic-criminal legal health partnerships and overcome barriers to research, designing applied research, and program evaluation
Learn from individuals with lived experience and those with academic and community agencies
Reflect on emerging health policy issues in criminal-legal health.

Faculty Involved

Conference Planning Committee Includes:

Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke Medical School
Amy Jo Harzke, PhD, MPH, MDiv, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC, Executive Director, Justice and Health Equity, UMass Chan Medical School
Brian McGregor, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine
Erika Paradis, MS, Academic Programs and Training, Justice and Health Equity, UMass Chan Medical School
Ekaterina Pivovarova, PhD, Academic Director, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Alysse Wurcel, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Intended Audience

The intended audience for this conference is researchers, clinicians, administrators, policy makers, grant funding leaders and community advocates.

Scholarship Recipients

Conference Format

Conference format will consist of various types of presentations over three days including:

60-Minute Presentations: A small number of 60-minute presentations will be accepted for panels and workshops. We encourage groups working cross disciplinarily to facilitate workshop presentations only.
30-Minute Presentations: Intended for presentations that engage audience input and discussion. Examples include research methods presentation or completed research with discussion focus on policy and practice implications.
20-Minute Presentations: Intended for 12-minute presentation on completed research, research in progress, findings from program evaluation or quality improvement projects with 8 minutes dedicated to Q&A and discussion.
Lightening Talks: 8-minute oral talks.
Poster Presentations: The poster format may be used for submissions of research results or other types of communications, e.g., policy, works in progress, research methods, practice transformation, and program evaluation/quality improvement techniques.

Conference Registration

Registration is now closed!

The 17th Annual ACCJH Annual Conference has been extended to 2.5 days! The program will begin at 2pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 and run through Friday, April 12, 2024. The Conference will offer multiple keynote presentations, special tracks, networking opportunities, and more.

*If you have received an ACCJH Scholarship, please contact accjh@umassmed.edu for instructions on registering.

Registration Fees

Individuals
- Early Bird (through 2/1/24) – $800
- After February 1st – $850
Students – must be a student member of ACCJH. Click here to apply for membership.
- Early Bird (through 2/1/24) – $550
- After February 1st – $600

If mailing a check for payment, please send UPS/FedEx to ACCJH, UMass Chan Medical School, 333 South Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545.

Registration can be withdrawn until March 22, 2024. A late fee of $50 will be applied for cancellations after that date.

Conference Schedule: Thursday, April 13, 2023

Thursday, April 13, 2023
7:30-8:30 a.m.	Registration/Breakfast/Roundtable Discussions Glenwood I&2
8:30-9:00 am	Welcoming Remarks
9:00-10:15 am	Keynote Presentation: Catalyzing Reform Via Film: The Belly of the Beast Glenwood I&2
10:15-10:30 am	Break
10:30-11:30 am	60 Minutes: Track One: Women’s Health Salon A-C	60 Minutes: Track Two: Community Reentry Salon D	60 Minutes: Track Three: Juvenile Justice Salon E	60 Minutes: Track Four: Infectious Disease City of Oaks	60 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health Salon F-G
	Pregnancy and Parenting in Prison: Before, During, and “After” the COVID-19 Pandemic Amanda Corbett MPH	An Examination of a Person-Centered Humanistic Approach to Community Reentry Lina Racicot EdD	Early Lessons Learned from a Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Evaluating Methods to Improve Linkage to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services for Persons with Opioid and Stimulant Use Involved in the Justice System: Addressing Risk Through Community Treatment for Infectious diseases and Opioid use disorder Now among justice-involved populations (ACTION)Randi Proffitt, PhD, Sandra Springer, MD, Ank Nijhaan, MD, Kevin Knight, PhD	Lessons Learned from the Clinical Dilemmas during a Large Tuberculosis Outbreak in a State Prison System Lara Strick MD, MS	A trauma and PTSD primer for correctional health professionals Melissa Zielinski PhD
11:30am-11:45 pm	Break
11:45-12:45	15 Minutes: Track One: Implementation Science Salon A-C Moderator: Sadacharan	15 Minutes: Track Two: Community Reentry Salon D Moderator: Prost	15 Minutes: Track Three: SUD Salon E Moderator: Vest	15 Minutes: Track Four: HIV City of Oaks Moderator: Nijihawan	15 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health Salon F-G Moderator: Pruette
	Enablers and barriers in implementing Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) in outpatient treatment programs Minerva Francis EdD	Peer Navigation and Service Utilization Upon Reentry into the Community Among Justice-involved Persons Alysse Schultheis MA	The Bureau of Justice Statistics findings on opioid use disorder response practices and treatment in local jails Richard Kluckow DSW	DEPART-CJI: Directly-Observed-Therapy Enhanced Peer-support to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals Maxwell Ackerman BS	Mental Healthcare Practices from Entry to Release among Southeastern Jails Elena DiRosa MPH
	The Application of Implementation Science Methods in Correctional Health Intervention Research Tonya Van Deinse PhD Melissa Zielinski PhD		Mortality and acute care utilization following prison release among individuals with substance use disorders Peter Treitler MSW	Incarceration Linked to Increased Report of HIV Testing in People Who Inject Drugs in Massachusetts Benjamin Bovell-Ammon MD, MPH	Understanding Justice-Involvement in Individuals Served by Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Units Marley Fradley BS
	The Development & Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People Will Boles BS Thad Tatum BS, AA Jarrod Wall Lauren Nguyen	Community Health Worker Adherence to Self-Determination Theory in the Women’s Initiative Supporting Health (WISH) Intervention Study Anh-Tho Antoinette Nguyen BA	Cascade of Care in the Justice System: Best Practices and Goals for Agencies Providing Care to Patients Concurrently Navigating Substance Use Disorders and Justice Involvement Kendra Clark PhD	Indications for PrEP in a Justice-Involved Population: Intersection of substance use and sexual risk Ank Nijhawan MD, MPH	A review of the characteristics of male incarcerated persons transferred from North Carolina jails to Central Prison on safekeeping orders for inpatient psychiatric treatment Joseph Williams MD
	Implementation of peer support specialists in Florida family dependency drug courts Barbara Andraka-Christou JD, PhD	WORTH Transitions: Factors Impacting Participation in an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention for Women Recently Released from Incarceration With the Health Equity Implementation Framework Karen Johnson PHD	U.S. Jail Administrator and Clinician Perspectives on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Pregnant People in Custody Chanel Lee MSPH	Perceived versus actual risk among PrEP indicated persons on community supervision Taylor Krajewski MA	A national epidemiologic profile of tailored mental health services for individuals ordered to treatment by a court O’Dell Johnson PhD
12:45-1:45 pm	Lunch
1:45-2:45 pm	Poster Session Glenwood Salon III&IV
2:45-3:45 pm	30 Minutes: Track One: Reproductive Health Salon A-C Moderator: Nowotny	30 Minutes: Track Two: Policy Reform Salon D Moderator: Reagan	30 Minutes: Track Three: Community Based Strategies Salon E Moderator: Camplain	30 Minutes: Track Four: Trauma Informed Care City of Oaks Moderator: Morse	30 Minutes: Track Five: Substance Use Disorder Treatment Salon F-G Moderator: Bunting
	Abortion Access for Incarcerated People Martha Paynter RN, PhD	Preparing to Remove the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion: Pre-Release Services in California. Lessons from the Transitions Clinic Network Shira Shavit MD	Community Based Participatory Research in Action: Bringing the Expertise of Lived Experience with the Legal System into the Research Process Tess Drazdowski PhD Michael McCart PhD Rebecca Fix PhD Barbara Oudekerk/Maurer PhD	Trauma, consent, and decision-making in women’s prison: can we imagine a different approach to care? Jennifer James PhD, MSW, MSSP	What does the Department of Justice’s new focus on MOUD access mean for jails, prisons, community members, healthcare providers, and researchers? David Sinkman JD, MSc
	Maternal Health and Health Outcomes: New Data Collection Efforts from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Laura Maruschak MA	“Consent for Incarcerated People is a Fallacy”: Correctional Reproductive Healthcare Under the Shadow of the California Eugenics Program Leslie Riddle MPH, Aminah Elster, BSLS	Community-driven strategies for implementing suicide prevention education in jails Melissa Zielinski PhD	Understanding Trauma-Informed Primary Care Focused on Correctional Facilities: A Scoping Review Eilish Scallan MD	What Research and Policies are Needed to Implement Medicaid Reimbursement of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Prisons and Jails? Alexandra Duncan DrPH MPH
3:45-4:00 pm	Break
4:00-5:00 pm	15 Minutes: Track One: MOUD Salon A-C Moderator: Wurcel	15 Minutes: Track Two: Aging Populations Salon D Moderator: Brewer	15 Minutes: Track Three: SUD Salon E Moderator: Taxman	15 Minutes: Track Four: Data and Policy City of Oaks Moderator: Brinkley-Rubinsten	15 Minutes: Track Five: Trauma Informed Care and Mental Health Salon F-H Moderator: Cummings
	Extended-release injectable buprenorphine initiation in a correctional setting: Community treatment retention outcomes Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA	How are Bedrails like Bars? Examining Institutional Relationships underlying Post-Release Care in a Connecticut Nursing Home Apoorva Rangan A.B.	Exploring Community Supervision Officer’s Perceptions and Responses to Naloxone Possession Among Clients Linsey Belisle PhD	Justice Involvement and Contact with Community Health Systems: Emergency Department, Inpatient, and Outpatient Encounters 2014-2020 Michele Easter PhD	Coping to Buffer Traumatic Experiences Among People Experiencing Wrongful Conviction and Re-entry Gayle Cummings PsyDc, MPH Obie Anthony, Exec Director, Exonerated Nation, Martina Peralta DO/MPHc
	Buprenorphine-Naloxone vs. Extended-Release Naltrexone for Opioid Use Disorder in People with Criminal Justice Involvement: A Secondary Analysis of the X:BOT Randomized Controlled Trial Dylan Balter BA Benjamin Howell MD, MPH, MHS	A Rapid Evidence Assessment of Transitions of Older Adults in the Justice System: Directions for the Future Kristin Merss BSN, RN Stephen Kwas Laura Block BS, BSN, RN	Referrals to drug treatment by probation and parole officers: Changes over time and differences by race/ethnicity and drug of choice, 2015-2020, United States Nickolas Zaller PhD	Prison Hospital Data Transmission to Federal Health Cost and Utilization Project Datasets and Subsequent Availability Michael Behne BS	Trauma-Based intervention for Adults Released from Jail, Stephen Tripodi PhD Tanya Renn PhD
	Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons in Massachusetts: Cost-Effectiveness and Impact on Overdose Deaths Avik Chatterjee MD, MPH	Older Adult Health and Treatment Needs for Veterans and Non-veterans Incarcerated in State Prisons Lance Washington MA	Exploring the burden of opioid related death among people in provincial correctional facilities in Ontario, Canada Amanda Butler PhD	Formative Work to Develop a National Prison Health Surveillance System Jessica Gaber MSW, RSW	“Nothing but a Rope to Hang Yourself:” The Toll of Mass Supervision on Mental Health Katherine LeMasters MPH
	Using a Unique Statewide Data Platform to Characterize Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Before and After Incarceration in Massachusetts, 2015-2019 Benjamin Bovell-Ammon MD, MPH	Health and Reentry Through Our Lens: Findings from a Participatory Photovoice Study with System-Impacted Older Men Daina Stanley PhD, MA	Recovery Capital and Community Reentry: Perspectives from Prison-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program Clinicians and Administrators Evan Batty MA	What Health Status Indicators Should be Included in Health Surveillance for Women who are Incarcerated? A Review and Critical Analysis of Guidance and Published Literature Jessica Gaber MSW, RSW	Mass Probation: Effects of Probation on Mental Health for Black and White Individuals Katherine LeMasters MPH
5:00-5:30 pm	Break
5:30-7:00 pm	Reception: Includes Presentation of Warren J. Ferguson Scholarship and certificate presentations to all scholarship awardees Outdoor Courtyard

Conference Schedule: Friday, April 14, 2023

Friday, April 14, 2023
7:30-8:30 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast/ Racial and Social Justice Networking Glenwood Salon I&II
8:30-9:30 a.m.	60 Minutes: Track One: HIV linkage Salon A-C	60 Minutes: Track Two: Research Methods & Approach Salon D	60 Minutes: Track Three: Special Populations: Veterans Salon E	60 Minutes: Track Four: Emerging Clinical Issues City of Oaks	30 Minutes: Track : Workforce Education Salon F-H
	Transformations in Juvenile Justice: A Trauma-Responsive Lens Melissa Threadgill, MPP Melinda Kneeland, BS	Integrating the Expertise of People with Lived Experience in the Research Enterprise Patrick Hibbard PhD	Facilitating Access to VA Services at the Earliest Possible Point for Justice-Involved Veterans Katharine Stewart MSW	Benchmarking Antimicrobial Usage in Massachusetts Jails Emily Grussing BS	Educating early career faculty and practitioners to engage in criminal-legal research: lessons learned with LEAP! Warren Ferguson MD
					Piloting a Standardized Correctional Health Curriculum for Medical Students and Residents Jason Glenn Ph.D. Alina Bennett PhD, MPH, MA Ahmar Hashmi MD, MPH Sierra Stites MPH
9:30-9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45-11:00 a.m.	Plenary Presentation: Enhanced Perinatal Programs for People in Prison: A Little Serendipity and a Lot of Science: Rebecca Shlafer, PhD Glenwood Salon I&II
11:00-11:15 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m-12:15 p.m.	Poster Session Glenwood Salon III&IV
12:15-1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m.	15 Minutes: Track One: Burden of Chronic Conditions Salon A-C Moderator: Holliday	15 Minutes: Track Two: Reproductive Health Salon D Moderator: Reagan	15 Minutes: Track Three: Research Methods & Approaches Salon E Moderator: Bunting	15 Minutes: Track Four: Special Populations: Veterans& Geriatrics City of Oaks Moderator: Harrison	15 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health Salon F-H Moderator: Cummings
	Burden of Hepatitis C Infection and Death from Liver-Related Disease in the New Mexico Department of Corrections Lillian Dineen BS	A Qualitative Analysis of Pregnant Incarcerated Women’s Perceptions of a Prison Nursery Program Vivian Su MPH, Karenna Thomas, Camille Kramer, Crystal Hayes, Carolyn Sufrin	Tracking locator changes in Criminal Legal involved adults: Lessons for longitudinal studies Breana Uhrig Castonguay MPH	Evaluating Health and Homeless Services Utilization Among Legal-Involved Veterans Andrea Finlay PhD	Encounters with Law Enforcement: Mental health impacts on Vallejo Residents Gayle Cummings PsyDc, MPH
	Qualitative Interviews for People with Sickle Cell About Carceral Experiences Yvane Ngassa BA	Incarcerated Pregnant Women: A Review of Litigation in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals Chelsi Lamberton MA Michael Vaughn PhD	Creation and Validation of the Rapid Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Assessment for DSM-5 Criteria Angela Di Paola PhD David Farabee Sandra Springer MD	Scoping Review of Military Veterans Involved in the Criminal Legal System and Their Health and Healthcare: 4-year Update and Mapping to Sequential Intercept Model Andrea Finlay PhD	Supporting People with Severe Mental Illness Releasing from State Prison – the FIT (Formerly Incarcerated Transition) Wellness Model Theodore Zarzar MD, Asiyah James LCSW
	Delays in Gynecologic Cancer Care: A qualitative analysis Yoshiko Iwai MS Andrea Knittel MD, PhD	Design and preliminary baseline characteristics of Birth Beyond Bars, a pilot cohort of children exposed prenatally to maternal incarceration in Georgia Isa Berzansky BA Bethany Kotlar MPH, PMP	“Basically you fend for yourself” – Application of a Justice-Centered Socio-Ecological Model to the Health of Formerly Incarcerated Adults Kristin Merss BSN, RN Barbara Bowers PhD RN Sydney Taylor Ryan Westergaard MD, MPH	Co-occurring Medical Multimorbidity, Mental Illness, and Substance Use Disorders among Older Legal-Involved Veterans Lance Washington MA	Pathways to Criminal Justice Involvement Through Substance Use and Mental Health Problems Kaitlyn Pederson MA
	A Focused Investigation of Medical Diagnoses among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in New York City Jails Rebecca Giusti MD	New Considerations for Inclusion in Research: Recruitment of Pregnant and Postpartum People who have Experienced Incarceration with Substance Use Disorders Julia Reddy MA Kristel Black BA Jamie Jackson BS Andrea Knittel MD, PhD	Predicting Outpatient Care Use after Release from Prison among Adults with a History of Substance Use Marguerite Burns PhD	Dementia Among People in the Criminal-Legal System: Findings from a Mixed Methods Research Study Jennifer Bronson PhD, MS Lance Washington MA	Impact of drug court on long-term psychosocial outcomes Ekaterina Pivovarova PhD
2:00-2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15-3:15 p.m.	30 Minutes: Track One: Income and Incarceration Salon A-C Moderator: Ferguson	30 Minutes: Track Two: Carceral Health Salon D Moderator: Wurcel	30 Minutes: Track Three: Programing to Improve Outcomes Salon E Moderator: Harzke	30 Minutes: Track Four: Novel Data and Collaborations City of Oaks Moderator: Brinkley-Rubinstein	30 Minutes & 15 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health and Public Health Salon F-H Moderator: Pivovarova
	Stakeholders’ perceptions about guaranteed supplemental income (GSI) and healthcare utilization for formerly incarcerated low-income, older Black men living with a chronic disease Brooke Montgomery PhD, MPH, MCHES	Incarceration and cancer outcomes: A root cause of cancer inequity? Jenerius Aminawung MD, MPH	The Strength at Home Program, A Trauma Informed Intervention to Reduce or Eliminate the Use of Intimate Partner Violence Viviana Figueroa LCSW, BCD. Freda Johnson DHA, LCSW-S	The creation of a real-time mortality data dashboard: updates on data cleaning and preliminary analyses Jennifer Lao BS, BA	St Johns and Putnam Veteran Treatment Court: Focusing on Treatment Isabelle Valeus LCSW Charlotte Matthews MSW Howard McGillin JD
	A Qualitative Analysis of Crime-Free Housing Policies’ Effects on Low-Income Tenants and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Alex Sizemore MA, MPL, Khadesia Howell, MPH	Engaging Key Stakeholders to Assess Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Carceral Settings Rebecca Tenner Emily Grussing BS	Goal Misalignment and Role Conflict in Corrections: Managing Custody and Rehabilitation Zainab Kamara MS	Tribal Jails: Creating Data and Partnerships Carolyn Camplain JD	Detention Officers’ Role in Recreation Time at a Southwest County Jail Travis Pinn MA
					The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of people under correctional supervision in the United States: a scoping review Sofia Mohammad BS
3:15-3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30-4:30 p.m.	15 Minutes: Track One: Legislation and Policies Salon A-C Moderator: Nijihawan	15 Minutes: Track Two: Incarceration, Reproduction and Parenting Salon D Moderator: Morse	15 Minutes: Track Three: Juvenile Justice Salon E Moderator: Staples-Horne	15 & 30 Minutes: COVID19 City of Oaks Moderator: Nowotny	15 & 30 Minutes: Carceral Health Salon G-H Moderator: Prost
	Incarceration and Medicaid Discontinuity: Review of Legislative Solutions to the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Alternative Approaches to Minimizing the Coverage Gap Afeefah Khazi-Syed BS Ank Nijhawan MD, MPH	Forgotten fundamentals: results from a review of state legislation on nutrition during pregnancy for incarcerated people Bethany Kotlar MPH	Engaging Families in Behavioral Health Services within the Juvenile Justice System Kaitlin Piper MPH	Incorporating persons with lived experience in jails on implementation teams to sustain wastewater-based surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 at four US jails Anne Spaulding MD MPH	The Mental Health and Related Care of Non-heterosexual Adults within United State Prisons Stephanie Grace Prost PhD
	Comparative Analysis of Compassionate Release Policies Jessica Blanks BS, BA	How do criminal justice, child welfare, and substance use disorder treatment agencies coordinate care for pregnant and/or parenting women who have substance use disorder? Sugy Choi PhD	A latent profile analysis of social determinants of health among boys entering a juvenile prison Noel Vest PhD	Familial Perspectives of U.S. Conditions of Confinement During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Meghan Novisky PhD	PATCH: Patient-Centered Approach to Carceral Health Yoshiko Iwai MS Andrea Knittel MD, PhD
	Fear of Unknowing: Resident Perceptions of Carceral Policies in U.S. Prisons and Jails Danielle Rudes PhD	Contraception in Provincial Prison: A Qualitative Exploration of Women’s Perspectives and Experiences Reilly Jones MPH	Juvenile Detention and Primary Care Utilization: Are They Related? Shelley Aggarwal MD, MS	Tracking COVID-19 Vaccinations in Minnesota Jails and Prisons (30 MIN) Tyler Winkelman, MPP, Peter Bodurtha, MPP, Jessica Munroe, MPH	Massachusetts Nursing Intake Form Analysis with Agreement Check by Health Services Administrators Emily Grussing BA
	COVID-19 in state and federal prisons, local and Indian Country jails: A review of Bureau of Justice Statistics special data collections Elizabeth Carson PhD	Humanizing Care for People Impacted by Incarceration: A Qualitative Community-engaged Approach to Correctional Health Curriculum Development Deborah Yip, BA	Carceral Logic in Psychiatry – Exploring the Similarities Between Incarceration and Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment in Youth Zaire Cullins BA
4:30 p.m.	Evaluation and Adjourn

Conference Schedule: Posters

Thursday Posters		Friday Posters
Delivery of Trauma-Informed Care to Individuals in Jail Tanya Renn PhD	Community Reentry	Stakeholder Perspectives of Facilitators and Barriers in the Implementation of Peer Recovery Support Services in New York State Opioid Intervention Courts Ikenna Achebe, MD,MPH, MA	Substance Use Disorders
Economic Mobility & Behavioral Health: Experiences Among African Americans & Families Impacted by The Justice System Brian McGregor PhD	Community Reentry	La Clinica’s Transitions Clinic: A Comprehensive Clinic Serving the Health and Psychosocial Needs of the Re-entry Population MaDonna Garcia-Crowley AS	Community Reentry
Urban and Rural Congruence: An Examination of Post-Release Outcomes Amanda Bunting PhD	Community Reentry	Creation of a Website with Local Incarceration Resources for Family Medicine Residents Makayla Lagerman BS	Community Reentry
COVID-19 Vaccination in Jailed Population after Release of Cash Incentive: Cross-Sectional Data Analysis Annie Youngblood MPH	Implementation Science and Clinical Translation	Effect of Cash Bail Reform on the Mentally-ill and Substance-using Justice-involved Population Nicole Schramm-Sapyta PhD, Isabella Larsen	Policy
Post-Release Community Supervision and Suicide Mortality Amongst Formerly Incarcerated Persons in NC 2000-2020 Monica Swilley-Martinez MPH	Mental Health	“They Care About Them More Than They Care About Me”: A Qualitative Study on Experiences of Distrust in Mental Health Care Systems Among Formerly Incarcerated People Shivani Nishar ScB	Mental Health
Alcohol Use and Death by Suicide among Decedents Documented in the NVDRS Database Riti Chandrashekhar MHS Rebecca Fix PhD	Mental Health	COVID-19 Triple Reinfections in a Correctional Health System: A Case Series Discussion Audrey DeBritz BS Augustine Kang PhD Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA Rosemarie Martin PhD	Public Health
The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Peer Research Assistant Program for Adults Impacted by the Carceral System Emily Dauria PhD, MPH, Logan Riley Lehman, BA	Community Reentry	As Natural Disasters become More Prevalent, It Is Important to Explore Resiliency, Especially Within Communities Deemed “Non-Compliant” or Stigmatized by Social, Legal, and Health Systems Orobosa Idehen B.S. MPH(c)	Public Health
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Health of People Under Correctional Supervision in the United States: A Scoping Review Sofia Mohammad BS, Zoey Chotiner,, Kathryn Nowotny PhD	Public Health	An Environmental Analysis of Substance Use-Related Pre- and Post-Arrest Diversion Programs In North Carolina Madeline Frank BA Eliza Filene BA	Public Health
How Art Sustains Health and Resists Structures of Confinement: Creative Expressions of Incarcerated Artists at a Maximum Security Women’s Prison Peter Dickson MPH MDiv	Racial and Social Justice	Gender Identity, Stimulant Drug Use, and Criminal Justice History on Internalized Stigma Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults who Misuse Opioids Amelia Bailey MPH	Public Health
Understanding Treatment Enrollment Decisions among Incarcerated Women with Histories of Sexual Assault through the Theory of Planned Behavior Chelsey Bull PhD Mollee Steely Smith PhD	Special Populations-Gender	“Basically You Fend for Yourself” – Application of a Justice-Centered Socio-Ecological Model to the Health of Formerly Incarcerated Adults Kristin Merss BSN, RN Barbara Bowers PhD RN Sydney Taylor Ryan Westergaard MD, MPH	Research Methods/Approaches
Implementation of Enhanced Perinatal Programs in Six State Prisons Alexus Roane BA	Special Populations-Gender	Incorporating the Perspectives of Women Incarcerated on Physical Activity Interventions in Correctional Facilities Kartik Akkihal BS	Special Populations-Gender
Dementia Among People in the Criminal-Legal System: Findings from a Mixed Methods Research Study Jennifer Bronson PhD, MS Lance Washington MA	Special Populations-Geriatric	Gynecologic Care for People Experiencing Incarceration: A Systematic Review Meredith Wise MD Elana Jaffe MPH Sreya Upputuri Andrea Knittel MD, PhD	Special Populations-Gender
Social Relationships Shape Psychological QOL among Older Adults in Prison Amanda Velez BA, MSSW Stephanie Grace Prost PhD	Special Populations-Geriatric	Small-Scale Usability Testing: E-learning modules for Peer Caregivers Erin Kitt-Lewis, PhD, RN, Susan J. Loeb, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, Sherif Olanrewaju, Barbara Walkosz, Brandon Herbeck, Steve Fullmer, Katherine Aiken	Special Populations-Geriatric
A Review of Substance Use Treatment Service Need and Provision to Perinatal Populations in Carceral Settings Mollee Steely Smith PhD Stephanie Wilson Melissa Zielinski Ph.D.	Substance Use Disorders	Lifetime Prevalence and Correlates of Incarceration Among Low-Income Veterans: The National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences (NV-HOPE) Study Katherine Kelton PhD MSPH	Special Populations-Veterans
Cost of Activities Required to Implement the Delivery of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Correctional Settings in Massachusetts Danielle Ryan MPH	Substance Use Disorders	Designing Trauma-Informed Gender-Sensitive Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Incarcerated Adults Elizabeth Evans PhD	Substance Use Disorders
Rural and Urban Clinician Views on the Impact of COVID-19 on Substance Use Delivery for Justice-Involved Populations Evan Batty, MA	Substance Use Disorders	Enhancing Client Recovery during Community Supervision—Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): A Toolkit Tonya Tavares McCallum MS	Substance Use Disorders
Recidivism Among Persons with HIV Receiving Extended-Release Naltrexone Kaley Parchinski MPH	Substance Use Disorders	Community Engagement to Guide Implementation of an Algorithm-Informed Intervention to Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdose for Individuals Leaving Jail Emily Dauria PhD, MPH	Substance Use Disorders
The Effectiveness of Seeking Safety with Incarcerated Women who have Experienced Trauma Wendy Snee MSW Isabelle Valeus LCSW		Quality of Infectious Disease Screening Among Veterans with Legal Involvement Andrea Finlay PhD
Prediction of Violent Reoffending in People Released from Prison in England and Tajikistan: Comparative External Validation Study of a Risk Assessment Tool (OxRec) Gabrielle Beaudry, PhD		Informing Best-Practices: End-of-Life Care Planning in Corrections Erin Kitt-Lewis PhD, RN

Continuing Education

17th ACCJH Conference
Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at the Buttes, Phoenix AZ

Sponsoring Organizations

Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, a member organization owned and operated by the Justice and Health Equity Program, ForHealth Consulting, UMass Chan Medical School and Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

CME Accreditation Statement

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conference Evaluation
In order to receive continuing education credits from the 16th Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, attendees must fill out this conference application by May 10, 2024.

Nursing

This offering meets the requirements for 17.4 contact hours for nurses as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Psychology
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The University of Massachusetts Medical School maintains responsibility for the program and its content. This program is being offered for 10.25 continuing education credits (CE) for psychologists.

Keynote Information

Hotel and Location Information

The 17^th annual conference is at the Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at the Buttes, in Phoenix, Arizona.

PLEASE NOTE: The conference hotel is now sold out. There are a number of other hotels in the area that have availability.

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While the conference schedule is jam-packed with interesting sessions and networking opportunities, you may want to explore the city a little while you are here. Phoenix has a great food scene, events, museums, and more.

In the spirit of the 2024 conference theme of Environmental Justice, learn about and explore the Sonoran Desert, one of the most vibrant and unique deserts in the world.

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ACCJH Hosts Successful 16th Conference on Correctional Health in April

MAY 5, 2023

The 16th Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health recently took place on April 13-14 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hosted by the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH) and supported by ForHealth Consulting™ at UMass Chan Medical School, the event highlights emerging research and policy across the justice field and brings together researchers, clinicians, public health experts, and policymakers. ACCJH aims to improve evidence-based practices and policies to advance the health of justice-involved populations. This interdisciplinary event highlights emerging research and policy across the justice field.

In all, 380 professionals from 35 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico attended the event, representing dozens of academic institutions. The conference hosted 140 academic presentations and posters.

The conference’s keynote panel presentation was “Belly of the Beast: Challenging Eugenics in Prisons Using Collaborative Cinema as an Effective Strategy to Expose Healthcare Injustices.” Three panelists spoke about their work and experiences in challenging the California Department of Corrections around healthcare injustices with incarcerated females. Attendees were given access to watch their acclaimed documentary as part of their keynote presentation.

The panel included:

Cynthia Chandler is an acclaimed attorney and change agent with demonstrated success tackling pressing social issues. Her innovations include launching the first organization advancing the rights of HIV+ women in prison, creating the compassionate release process allowing for release of terminally ill people in prison, and co-founding Justice Now and Critical Resistance, early prison abolitionist organizations.

Erika Cohn is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning director/producer who Variety recognized as one of 2017’s top documentary filmmakers to watch and was featured in DOC NYC’s 2019 “40 Under 40.” Most recently, Erika completed “The Judge,” a Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated film about the first woman judge appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a courts, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’ 2018 Independent Lens series.

Kelli Dillon is the co-chairperson for the Empowerment Congress Southeast Neighborhood Council. She is a survivor of domestic/gang violence and an advocate for violence prevention and intervention programs. Kelli found herself incarcerated at the age of 19 and was sentenced to serve a 15-year sentence. While in the California Department of Corrections, she began her advocacy and community work assisting fellow inmates with counseling and social justice issues. In addition, Kelli is the founder and executive director of Back to the Basics, a community empowerment organization and outreach program.

Friday’s plenary speaker was Rebecca Shlafer, PhD, speaking about “Enhanced Perinatal Programs for People in Prison: A Little Serendipity and a Lot of Science.” Shlafer is an associate professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health at the University of Minnesota, and her research focuses on promoting the health and well-being of children and families exposed to the criminal legal system.

ACCJH is administered by the Justice, Health & Equity program at ForHealth Consulting. ACCJH is a member organization with a mission to advance the science and practice of health care for individuals and populations impacted by the justice system. Visit their website to learn more.

From left to right: Erika Cohn, Kelli Dillon, and Cynthia Chandler, keynote speakers from the film ‘Belly of the Beast‘

From left to right: Patti Onorato, MS, ANP, Deputy Executive Vice Chancellor for Operations; Warren J. Ferguson, MD, Professor and Senior Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Director of Academic Programs, Health, and Criminal Justice Program at UMass Chan Medical School; Dyana Nickl, JD, Deputy Managing Director of Justice, Health, & Equity; Lisa Colombo, DNP, MHA, RN, Executive Vice Chancellor; and Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC, Executive Director of Justice, Health, & Equity.

The ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School Justice, Health, & Equity Team with Patti Onorato, MS, ANP, Deputy Executive Vice Chancellor for Operations and Lisa Colombo, DNP, MHA, RN, Executive Vice Chancellor.

ACCJH Conference attendees listening to session.

ACCJH Conference attendees applauding plenary speaker.

Duke University Host Committee

ForHealth Consulting’s Justice, Health, & Equity (JHE) team and the UHealthSolutions team from the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Butner, NC.

Originally published on https://forhealthconsulting.umassmed.edu/news/

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