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Article: Eighteen Jails and Their Public Health Partnership Initiatives.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); National Institute of Justice (NIJ); Health Resources and Services Administration; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration; Chicago Department of Public Health; Bristol Meyers Squibb Immunology)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Public health officials recently have come to understand one thing about jails -- jails and correctional facilities, at least in terms of infectious disease, can be "ground zero" for community public health or a public health disaster. The health care status of offenders in jail is a key public health indicator. If the prevalence of infectious diseases exceeds threshold levels, it can be considered a sentinel event indicating that the "free world" public health system may not be ...