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April 2006, Vol 96, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 588
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.083584

LETTER

ACCESSIBLE, COMMUNITY-BASED CARE FOR MEN IN DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES

Leda M. Perez, PhD

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Leda M. Perez, PhD, Community Voices Miami, Collins Center for Public Policy, 150 SE 2nd Ave, Suite 709, Miami, FL 33132 (e-mail: lperez@collinscenter.org).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

The October 2005 issue on prison health shines a spotlight on a sad reality: too many men are receiving health care in the prison system because they did not receive it in a community-based setting. Why? Why, in light of clear evidence pointing to the link between incarceration and men’s health, do we continue to warehouse so many of our men in prison? Why are we not adequately investing in a system of care that could prevent them from being there? I commend the Journal for raising some of these important questions and providing potential solutions.

Community Voices Miami, funded . . . [Full Text]






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