16th Annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Criminal Justice Health

16th Annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Criminal Justice Health is organized by Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH), University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical School and will be held from Apr 13 - 14, 2023 at Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.

Description
Correctional health and juvenile justice professionals are faced with daily challenges unique to their fields at a time of unprecedented growth in detainee populations. While best practices have emerged, there are many gaps in clinical and population health research.

• Will corrections to community linkages help to decrease recidivism
• What strategies can stem the rising populations of juvenile offenders
• What practices can decrease suicide rates and self-injury behaviors
• What strategies are useful in preventing relapses in substance abuse, 
• What interventions will help detainees adhere to chronic illness care.

Goal:
To provide a forum for sharing and planning research, scholarship, and health policy in the field of correctional health

Objectives:
As a result of participating in this activity, learners will be able to:
• Describe emerging research across the field and design applied research and program evaluation.
• Create academic-correctional health partnerships and overcome barriers to research in your institutions.
• Network with a multidisciplinary group of participants concerned with the acquisition of new knowledge in correctional health practices.
• Summarize emerging health policy issues in correctional health and criminal justice.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.