University of Iowa examines role of faith-based groups in helping ex-offenders
...ed, an offender says he wants to go to a church, a correctional staff member's best resource currently is to provi...ication is for the formal support providers -- the correctional probation/parole officers and substance abuse counselors -- to attend church events such as barbeque...HIV/AIDS education for women in jail could reduce epidemic nationally
...cle through jail. Research has shown that women in correctional settings have even higher HIV infection rates than...ehensive study of AIDS risk behavior of women in a correctional setting in the May issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The study, which was part of a ...Vanderbilt School of Nursing begins graduate program in correctional health
...as well as some of thenew clinical experiences for correctional health courses. "We are fortunate to be able to ha...on the job about theunique practice needed for the correctional setting. "With the new program, we will educate nurse practitioners about the healthproblems of the ...TB, AIDS And State Prisons Subject Of Fresno Press Conference
...killer worldwide of young women. Studies also show correctional facilities are high-risk settings fortuberculosis transmission and present a public health problem for correctionalfacility employees, inmates, the communities to which inmates are released andwhere employees live and work. As part of World TB Day,...