221.618.01
Health in Prisons
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Thursday, 5:30 - 7:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Gilbert Burnham
Contact Email
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Addresses the health needs of domestic and international prisoners through a focus on the organization of prison health care and the multi-disciplinary challenges facing healthcare providers. Content includes: prison health systems and management structures, roles and responsibilities of clinicians, controlling communicable diseases, prevention, control and treatment of HIV and TB, drug use and drug services, human rights of prison and detainee populations, provision of mental health services, meeting needs of female, youth and aging prisoners, prison-specific ethical and clinical problems, health and healthcare in solitary confinement, promoting health and managing stress among prison staff. Faculty come from the health and detention unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva) and from USA prison health organizations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe prison health systems and management structures, and the roles and responsibilities of clinicians in prisons
- List methods for controlling the spread of communicable diseases, prevention, control and treatment of HIV and TB in prisons
- Cite issues of human rights and prison and detainee populations
- Review how mental health services are provided in prisons
- Explain how the health needs of female, youth and aging prisoners are met
- Discuss the prison-specific ethical and clinical problems of health and healthcare in solitary confinement
Jointly Offered With