Health in Prisons Course

[Dena Bushman]

http://reliefweb.int/training/557079/health-prisons-course 

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Nursing are collaborating with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to offer a one-week short-course on health in prisons from June 24-28, 2013.

The course provides public health, medical and nursing professionals with an the tools needed to critically analyze and address the myriad health and human rights issues facing populations in detention or incarceration. The course is global in scope, covering the health needs of prison populations through a focus on the organization of prison health care and multi-disciplinary challenges facing healthcare providers, both in the US and internationally. It also covers ethical issues that arise in providing healthcare services to populations in detention and provides an overview of the main legal instruments, professional  codes, and declarations designed to protect the rights of prisoners, detainees and patients.

For more info, contact the Course Coordinator at help...@jhsph.edu