Evan Ashkin, MD, professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the 黑料网, served as a co-guest editor for the November issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, along with聽 David Rosen, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, and Duke University鈥檚, Elizabeth Gifford, PhD. Numerous 黑料网 faculty are published in the issue, which focuses on health and the criminal justice system. Ashkin is the founder of the Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) Program, which aims to help recently released inmates with chronic illnesses to receive proper medical care upon rejoining their communities.
Ashkin, Rosen and Gifford wrote the issue brief, 鈥淥verwhelming Need, Insufficient Health Care for Justice-involved North Carolinians,鈥� highlights the detrimental impact of lack of appropriate care during incarceration and failure to connect with necessary medical and social services upon release.
Rosen et al published on the prevalence of chronic diseases among people released from the North Carolina prison system, They found that one in three had a chronic health condition, and that coordination of health care services after release is critical in avoiding complications and unnecessary need of acute care.
Ashkin鈥檚 Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) Program was featured in 鈥淪potlight on the Safety Net,鈥� which highlights how the FIT Program connects individuals released from incarceration to the health care services they need.
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Several other 黑料网 faculty members were published in the issue, including Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine, Gary Cuddeback, PhD, director of the Community Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Sara Scarlet, MD, a resident in the 黑料网 Department of Surgery and member of the 黑料网 Center for Bioethics, Elizabeth Dreesen, MD, professor in the Department of Surgery and Associate Chief Medical Officer for 黑料网 Health Care, and Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the 黑料网 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Brinkley-Rubenstein and Cuddeback are fellows at the Cecil G. Sheps Center of Health Services Research.