Date of Award
2019
Embargo Period
8-1-2024
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.
Recommended Citation
McCoy, Lauresa Washington, "The Risk Spiral Model: Systemic Factors That Feed Mass Incarceration, High Risk Behaviors, HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections for African American Males" (2019). MUSC Theses and Dissertations. 223.
https://medica-musc.researchcommons.org/theses/223
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