Overview The Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health's 11th Academic Health and Policy Conference on Correctional Health 2018 provided a forum for researchers, clinicians, administrators, educators, policy makers, and grant funding leaders to network, share evidence, and learn about emerging...

Overview A vast majority of older Americans who are eligible for federal nutrition assistance programming remained unenrolled, placing them at increased risk of food insecurity and its associated adverse health conditions and healthcare costs. A research team led by Benefits Data Trust and the UPMC...

Overview Populations with diabetes can successfully manage their condition if they have regular access to primary care along with access to quality food, physical, and social environments that support healthy lifestyles. Lack of safe, convenient, and affordable transportation options can make it...

Overview On April 7, 2021, Fei Li, PhD of Georgia State University presented early findings at the American Association of Geographers (AAG)'s 2021 Transport during COVID-19 Virtual Annual Meeting. Dr. Li discussed how the pandemic has affected mobility and travel behavior of impacted populations in...

Overview Children affected by the opioid epidemic need a complex array of services and supports to safeguard their health and wellbeing, including child protective services, legal representation, educational services, comprehensive physical and mental health care, and often foster care placement...

Overview Children affected by the opioid epidemic need a complex array of services and supports to safeguard their health and wellbeing, including child protective services, legal representation, educational services, comprehensive physical and mental health care, and often foster care placement...

Overview Research Objective: Local Health Departments (LHDs) undergoing PHAB accreditation may need to engage with a number of public health systems partners to satisfy certain accreditation standards and pre requisites. In addition, the accreditation process may position LHDs to more effectively...

Overview This session profiles several ongoing studies that test mechanisms for aligning medical care, public health, and social service systems. Preliminary findings suggest that broad-spectrum approaches to alignment may offer substantial health and economic benefits for communities. Details...

The delivery of population health services is a cross-sector effort that involves many different organizations in the community. While research has shown the collaborative nature of population health, very little has examined differences in system composition based on the size of the jurisdiction...

Overview Involvement with the criminal justice system increases markedly during the transition from youth to adulthood in the United States. Providing targeted services and supports to vulnerable emerging adults during this transition may be an effective way of reducing the conditions and behaviors...