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307797
Mortality by Suicide and Substance use after Prison Release in Connecticut 1980-2012
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
: 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Andrew Cislo, PhD
,
Center for Public Health and Health Policy, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Robert H. Aseltine, PhD
,
Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Jonathan Dirlam
,
Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
It is well-established that inmates have significantly higher rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders than the general population. Growing evidence suggests that these disorders may be associated with excess mortality following prison release. However, the evidence base for excess mortality associated with psychiatric and behavioral health problems in the U.S. is limited to a handful of states and cities. The current study links all sentenced prison releases from 1980 through 2012 with state death certificates in Connecticut. Relative rates of all cause and psychiatric and behavioral health related causes of mortality among former prisoners are compared to the general population. Time trends of death by suicide, alcohol, and overdose are examined and hazard models present relative rates of time following prison release to death.
Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Compare all cause and cause-specific death rates for former prisoners and the general population in Connecticut over more than 30 years.
Keyword(s): Mortality, Criminal Justice
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I received my PhD in Sociology at FSU, after which I completed a 2 year postdoc at Duke focusing on the social demography and health. I held research positions at Duke Psychiatry and UNC-Chapel Hill Sheps Center focusing on the health and healthcare of forensic populations. I am currently Assistant Professor at the UConn Health Center in the Center for Public Health and act as Director of Research and Evaluation in Correctional Managed Health Care.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
