Social justice behind and beyond the bars: Criminal justice, health, and academic medicine

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Association of American Medical Colleges
Publisher
Association of American Medical Colleges
Date
January 2018
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The 2018 AAMC Social Justice Behind and Beyond the Bars: Criminal Justice Health and Academic Medicine Community Engagement Toolkit features videos, resources, and discussion questions that community members and academic health centers can use to:

  • Understand the critical issues in correctional health
  • Understand the role of policy and the social determinants of health in creating and perpetuating mass incarceration and health inequities among criminal justice populations
  • Understand the role of academic medical centers in the provision of health care, education, and the conduct of research to improve the health and well-being of criminal justice-involved populations

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