Date of Award

2019

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Health Administration

College

College of Health Professions

First Advisor

Kit N. Simpson

Second Advisor

Jillian Harvey

Third Advisor

Stanley Adrisse

Abstract

The U.S. corrections system continues to have an over representation of black males. A long legacy of practices, including convict leasing, lynchings, and police brutality, have shaped the history of African American males and the criminal justice system (Mauer, 1999). Few studies exist on the impact of mass incarceration in African American communities and its contributory impact on the degradation of the public health infrastructure within these communities. In this qualitative study, the researcher will capture and analyze the flow of African American males before, during and after incarceration and the associated prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, other Sexually Transmitted Infections, and engagement in high-risk behaviors. Specifically, the researcher will identify the supports needed and the strategies employed by individuals, communities, and public health infrastructure to protect health before, during and after incarceration. Through this in-depth review of grey literature and secondary information via listservs, blogs, and documentary viewings the researcher will increase the amount of knowledge regarding effective public health policy interventions at both the state and local community levels as well as national to influence the growing incarceration rates and decrease high-risk disease and behaviors amongst this population.

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