The Public Health and Corrections Program focuses
attention on the health care needs of jail and prison
inmates through teaching, research, and service activities.
Two courses are offered at the School of Public Health
in public health and corrections, one at the master’s
and one at the PhD level. Other initiatives include
the establishment of a national data base on health
care services and issues in jails and prisons throughout
the country and assessment of the role played by substance
abuse treatment programs in facilitating health care
utilization by offenders.
For further information,
contact Paul Goldstein, PhD, at pgold@uic.edu.
