Mobilizing cross-sector community partnerships to address the needs of criminal justice-involved older adults: a framework for action
International Journal of Prisoner Health
ISSN: 1744-9200
Article publication date: 11 September 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The rapidly increasing number of older adults cycling through local criminal justice systems (jails, probation, and parole) suggests a need for greater collaboration among a diverse group of local stakeholders including professionals from healthcare delivery, public health, and criminal justice and directly affected individuals, their families, and advocates. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework that local communities can use to understand and begin to address the needs of criminal justice-involved older adults.
Design/methodology/approach
The framework included solicit input from community stakeholders to identify pressing challenges facing criminal justice-involved older adults, conduct needs assessments of criminal justice-involved older adults and professionals working with them; implement quick-response interventions based on needs assessments; share findings with community stakeholders and generate public feedback; engage interdisciplinary group to develop an action plan to optimize services.
Findings
A five-step framework for creating an interdisciplinary community response is an effective approach to action planning and broad stakeholder engagement on behalf of older adults cycling through the criminal justice system.
Originality/value
This study proposes the Criminal Justice Involved Older Adults in Need of Treatment Initiative Framework for establishing an interdisciplinary community response to the growing population of medically and socially vulnerable criminal justice-involved older adults.
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Acknowledgements
All authors listed here meet the criteria of authorship for this manuscript and no others contributed to this manuscript sufficiently to warrant inclusion as an author. This paper is not under review or published in any publication. Dr Williams received funding from the Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, the Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation, a Pilot Grant from the National Palliative Care Research Center, and Tideswell at UCSF to collaborate with healthcare and criminal justice professionals and community members on this project. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the City and County of San Francisco or of the Department of Medicine at UCSF; nor does mention of any agency listed in this paper imply its endorsement. The authors also thank Hank J. Steadman and the Policy Research Associates for their help in developing the Sequential Intercept Map and facilitating the meeting.
Citation
Metzger, L., Ahalt, C., Kushel, M., Riker, A. and Williams, B. (2017), "Mobilizing cross-sector community partnerships to address the needs of criminal justice-involved older adults: a framework for action", International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. 13 No. 3/4, pp. 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-05-2017-0024
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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