2010 International Network for Justice Health Conference

This conference builds on the success of our May 2009 inaugural meeting of the International Network for Justice Health. At that first “blue sky” meeting, we commenced discussions about developing a collaboratory to advance the concept of justice health. We are very excited to announce that Catherine Gallagher (PI) and Faye Taxman (coPI) have secured funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for a three-year conference series to develop the Network and related products. 

The 2010 International Network for Justice Health Conference was held June 27-28, 2010 at the beautiful Westin Kierland Resort & Space in Scottsdale, Arizona where we continued discussions and advanced the collective and individual strides in our joint goals. The conference included two days of intense sessions and research sharing.  Documents from the conference and links to all presentations, can be found below.

Documents:

Conference Agenda

Conference Attendees

Presentations:

Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health and Development of an Academic Consortium for Correctional Health presented by Warren J. Ferguson, MD

Assessing Treatment Fidelity in Psychotherapy Outcome Research presented by Craig E. Henderson, PhD

Diverting Woman Parolees from Prison Study presented by Nena Messina, PhD and Nancy Chand, Esq.

Implementing Evidence-Based Drug Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings. Key Concepts and Challenges presented by Steven Belenko, PhD

Justice Health in Australia presented by Stuart Kinner, PhD

Justice Health Library Methods presented by Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, MA

Justice Health Libraries Project Status Report presented by Anne Douds, JD, Jack Chirieleison, Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, MA and Ajima Olaghere, MA. This link will take you directly to the Justice Health Libraries referenced in this presentation. 

Mapping Justice Health During Reentry at the Street Level presented by Ajima Olaghere, MA

Young Prisoners: a Critical Group for Justice Health Research presented by Kate vanDooren, PhD Candidate

Cochrane Justice Health Field Staff Meeting

The Cochrane Justice Health Field Staff Meeting was hel in conjunction with the 2010 INJH Conference. This first formal meeting of the proposed Cochrane Justice Health Field allowed interested stakeholders an opportunity to convene to discuss organizational structure, formulate an operating plan, and identify short, intermediate and long term goals for the Field. Updates were provided by the workgroup developing titles for registration and the workgroup concerned with consumer networking and dissemination.

2009 Board of Directors Meeting

2009 International Network for Justice Health Conference

American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) Annual Training Institute

Catherine Gallagher, Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, Charlene Sebold, Jack Chirieleison, Ann Gallagher, and Anne S. Douds will be presenting "Characteristics of Juveniles on Probation: Collecting Data from the Atlantic to Pacific."  For a description of the presentation along with a listing of other topics, please click here.

To learn more about the APPA Annual Training Institute, please visit their site.  

The Census of Juveniles on Probation Summit

Scheduled for two days at the end of September, the CJP Summit will host over 20 probation professionals. George Mason University and The Lloyd Society will be inviting key Census of Juveniles on Probation (CJP) responders to a summit of probation authorities at the Georgetown University Conference Center. Among the anticipated activities are presentations by CJP ambassadors, presentations regarding data driven decision making, and opportunities for feedback to federal decision makers. Officials with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), George Mason University (GMU), and Georgetown University (GU) look forward to discussing the CJP data collection with these professionals. 

Documents

• Agenda

• Presentation: Janet Chiancone, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Presentation: Catherine A. Gallagher, George Mason University

• Presentation, Why the CJP Is Important to Probation Officers: Darin Burrell, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Fremont County, Idaho

• Presentation, A Look at the Data So Far: Catherine A. Gallagher, Ann M. Gallagher, Jack Chirieleison, Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, Charlene Sebold, George Mason University

• Presentation, What Constitutes Effective Intervention for Probationers?: Joel Censer, George Mason University

Cochrane/Campbell Colloquium

The 2010 Joint Colloquium of the Cochrane & Campbell Collaborations represents the first joint colloquium for these two groups. This Colloquium will focus on raising evidence-based decision making to new heights.

Visit the web site for the Joint Colloquium here.

Lloyd Society Director Leads Congressional Briefing

On October 26 at the U.S. Capitol, The Lloyd Society's Executive Director, Dr. Catherine Gallagher, leads a Congressional briefing in the Senate Meeting Room at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center. The briefing, entitled "Juvenile Justice in the Age of the Second Chance Act, the Youth Promise Act, and the JJDP Reauthorization Bill: Research Guided Policy Implications for Maximizing Reentry Initiatives for Adolescents," is co-sponsored by George Mason University's Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and the Center for Justice Leadership and Management directed.

Leading researchers, including The Lloyd Society's Dr. Adam Dobrin, Dr. Nena Messina, Dr. Susie Nemes, and Ajima Olaghere are among those invited to brief policymakers about a common theme: how to meet the goals of the Second Chance Act with the available evidence across a variety of critical domains for adolescents in the juvenile justice system. 

Please click here to open the briefing web site in a new window. 

Exploring the Adolescent Need for Sleep

Exploring the Adolescent Need for Sleep: 
The Consequences of and the Need for Appropriate School Start Times