Promoting a Sustainable Academic–Correctional Health Partnership: Lessons for Systemic Action Research

William D. Barta (), Deborah Shelton, Cheryl Cepelak and Colleen Gallagher
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William D. Barta: University of Connecticut
Deborah Shelton: University of Connecticut
Cheryl Cepelak: State of Connecticut Department of Correction
Colleen Gallagher: State of Connecticut Department of Correction

Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2016, vol. 29, issue 1, No 2, 27-50

Abstract: Abstract In the United States, the phenomenon of mass incarceration has created a public health crisis. One strategy for addressing this crisis involves developing a correctional agency—academic institution partnership tasked with augmenting the quality and quantity of evidence-based healthcare delivered in state prisons and attracting a greater number of health professionals to the field of correctional health research. Using a Connecticut correctional agency—academic institution partnership as a case example, the present paper examines some of the key challenges encountered over the course of a 3-year capacity-building initiative. Particular attention is given to agency and institution characteristics both at the structural level and in terms of divergent stakeholder perspectives. The authors find that future partnership development work in this area will likely benefit from close attention to predictable sources of temporal variation in agency capability to advance project-related aims.

Keywords: Systemic action research; Social determinants; Correctional health; Department of Correction; Scenario planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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