#284
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:07:27 -0600
From: Judy Drolet <jdrolet@SIU.EDU>
Subject: Very sad news
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I'm so very sorry to use e-mail for this message; but knew you would want to know. I received a call yesterday that Dr. Elena M. Sliepcevich died (Monday morning, March 3). More info will follow as it becomes available.
Take care, judy
Judy C. Drolet, PhD, CHES, FASHA, FAAHE
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#285
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:38:03 -0800
From: Mark Fulop <markfulop@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Working for the Incarcerated?
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Okay my last email was cryptic enough to be taken in a number of directions, including the snarky direction of ignoring the issue. For me what stood out was one of the conclusions that the researchers drew from the study: “For all the money spent on corrections today, there hasn’t been a clear and convincing return for public safety." So, of course, this discussion is about policy and systems and, to me, there are at least three aspects of this pew report that have implications for health educators.
Pew report http://stage.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/One%20in%20100.pdf
1. Restorative Justice versus Punitive Justice.
We can thank "liberal thinking," Clinton for this wonderful legacy of "Three Strikes Your Out." Yes, indeed, this punitive philosophy of lock 'em up and throw away the keys sounded good at the time but we simply need to call it like it is, another failed polotical policy. Fortunately there is a growing body of literature that supports a community-building Restorative Justice approach to crime prevention. So, what should health educators be doing? Putting energy into partnering with Justice researchers on restorative justice programs.
Links:
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/implementing/
2. Disproportionate Incarceration for People of Color and Structural Racism
A simple google search of these terms delievers dozens of wesbites and research papers that underscores the concept of race as it applies to the Justice system. At some point, we as health educators and as a nation need to dig a bit deeper into the structural injustice that still disporportionaley effects people of color. So, what should health educators be doing? Putting energy into promoting equity and dismantling unjust social structures.
Links:
http://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/index.html
3. Dialogue & Engage
In discussing this issue one Nation magazine article suggested that th "mass incarceration in America remains a nonissue, largely because of a lack of any serious or effective discourse on the part of our political leaders. At most, election season brings out the kinds of get-tough-on-crime platforms that have already given us misguided Three Strikes and mandatory-minimum sentencing laws." So, what should health educators be doing? Putting energy into dialogue and Engagement
Links:
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Mark Fulop, MA, MPH
Portland, OR
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#286
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:18:17 -0500
From: "KERR, DIANNE" <dkerr@KENT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Health Educators Working with Both the Incarcerated and the Non-incarcerated
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Bill makes some excellent points about prison populations and HIV. While = medical care there may be better than some get on the outside, = prevention there is nonexistent. Most prisons still do not allow condom = distribution, and due to prison rape and sex and even those infamous = prison tatoos, many men are being infected with HIV. Most prisons do HIV = testing when men enter, but not when they leave. Many of these men are = African American (sadly 1 in 4 African American men has been in prison) = and this has contributed immensely to the HIV epidemic among that = population. Our zeal to imprison people in the "war on drugs" initially = started this mess which has hit the African American community so very = hard. Bill is right about that antisocial environment in prison and how = we should work with public policy and social development professionals = to assist this population. We, as health educators, should advocate for = the health of inmates not only in terms of medical care, but in terms of = harm reduction strategies including federal funding of needle exchange = programs (which we know work) and primary prevention (condom = distribution in prison) as well as HIV testing both when men enter and = leave prison. In terms of HIV/AIDS we could be saving many lives by = taking these measures and improving at least one area of health = disparity. =20 =20 =20 Dianne L. Kerr, Ph.D., CHES=20 Associate Professor, Program Coordinator=20 Health Education & Promotion=20 ACHVE Department=20
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Sent: Mon 3/3/2008 11:23 PM
To: HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU
Subject: Health Educators Working with Both the Incarcerated and the = Non-incarcerated
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Mark asked if we see a public health problem, based on the published = statistic that one in each 100 members of the US population is = incarcerated. Jeff shifted the question to focus to what health = educators are doing for the 99 of each 100 who are not incarcerated. I = will respond to Jeff's question first. As a health educator, who was a = trained in a school of public health at the master level, I did much to = address health education needs of both those incarcerated and those not = incarcerated over my career. Many of my colleagues did more; many of = them continue to do more.
Many of the incarcerated have better health and medical care than many = of those not incarcerated and without medical insurance. While I = directed an AIDS education and training center and while I guided a = state-wide needs assessment project for those living with HIV and AIDS, = I helped develop knowledge about the needs and care of persons living = with HIV and AIDS throughout Texas and Oklahoma were receiving both = within jails and prisons and in the general population. I learned that, = while there are serious flaws in the medical care systems serving both = the incarcerated and those not incarcerated, those incarcerated have a = more comprehensive pattern of medical care than those not incarcerated.
As a university professor, I helped prepare thousands of health = educators to promote health in all setttings in which health educators = practice. Through my work in professional societies of health = educators, I became acquainted with tens of thousands of health = educators and public health professionals who work diligently to promote = the health of the populations within the USA. While the health care = system in our country is highly flawed, I do not fault health educators = and other public health professionals for this. Most of the public = health professionals, including health educators, with whom I am = acquainted have done their best to promote the health of populations = throughout our country and I am confident those who continue in the = active ranks of our profession will continue to do so.=20
Getting back to Marks question about the challenge to public health = professionals of having one in every 100 members of our population = incarerated, This is a problem. While those engaged in providing = medical and public health services to the incarcerated often do = commendable work, the environment within jails and prisons tend to = stimulate antisocial behavior. In many cases, prisoners function within = a violent environment that tends to stimulate additional violence. = Ideally, our society could find ways to socialize individuals at high = risk to commit the crimes that lead to incarceration so that they would = avoid the lifestyles that lead to criminal behavior. This means = providing them with desire and opportunities to succeed in activities = and programs that benefit both them and society. Public health = professionals need the assistance and collaboration of public policy and = social development professionals and agencies to develop the activities = and programs needed yo accomplish this. Public helath professionals cannot = do it alone, and would be unwise to take responsibility to accomplish it = without the help of public policy and social development professionals = and agencies.
Bill Cissell
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#287
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:00:02 -0500
From: Karen McMillan <karen1124@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Health Educators Working with Both the Incarcerated and the Non-incarcerated
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Where does it say in the report that 1 in 4 African American men is in prison?
The leading system in the report states "Washington, DC - 02/28/2008 - For the first time in history more than one in every 100 adults in America are in jail or prison-a fact that significantly impacts state budgets without delivering a clear return on public safety."
The statistics are dismal enough without the information being misinterpreted.
Karen McMillan, MS, CHES
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#288
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:11:05 -0800
From: Mark Fulop <markfulop@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Health Educators Working with Both the Incarcerated and the Non-incarcerated
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Karen
I think were Dianne missed the mark is that she presented it as "1 in 4 African American men has been in prison." The statistic she may be referring to is from an Office of Justice Programs report back in `997 that suggested a hypothetical model of the chances of a typical male spending time in prison during his lifetime. From that dataset the researcher hypothesized that: "At current levels of incarceration a black male in the United States today has greater than a 1 in 4 chance of going to prison during his lifetime, while a Hispanic male has a 1 in 6 chance and a white male has a 1 in 23 chance of serving time." Source: http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/llgsfp.pdf
Your point is well taken that we need to be careful with statistics. However the disparities are real and there is plenty of real data to support disproportionate incarceration rates and the cascading negative health and social effects of the prison-industrial complex.
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Mark Fulop, MA, MPH
Portland, OR
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#289
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:45:53 -0500
From: Paul Ezeji <pezeji@SC.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: Very sad news
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May her soul rest in perfect peace. Dr. Elena M. Sliepcevich was a great educator; a quintessential teacher to boot. To her kind, teaching was more of a vocation than a profession.
She will be sorely missed.especially by those of us lucky enough to be graced by her presence in one of her lecture trips.
Paul N Ezeji Ph.D., CHES
Associate Professor of Health Science
Morris College
Sumter SC,29150
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