<i>Sesame Street</i>Goes to Jail: Physicians Should Follow
Authors: Dora M. Dumont, Scott A. Allen, Josiah D. Rich
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Ideas and Opinions7 October 2014Sesame Street Goes to Jail: Physicians Should FollowDora M. Dumont, PhD, MPH, Scott A. Allen, MD, and Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPHDora M. Dumont, PhD, MPHFrom the Rhode Island Department of Health and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, and University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, California.Search for more papers by this author, Scott A. Allen, MDFrom the Rhode Island Department of Health and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, and University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, California.Search for more papers by this author, and Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPHFrom the Rhode Island Department of Health and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, and University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-0080 Annals Author Insight Video - Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, Scott A. Allen, MD In this video, Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, and Scott A. Allen, MD, offer additional insight into their Ideas and Opinions piece, "Sesame Street Goes to Jail: Physicians Should Follow." SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In 2013, Sesame Street introduced a new character with 2 defining features: a shock of blue hair and an incarcerated father. This Muppet is another sign of the growing public awareness of the collateral damage of incarceration for the families of prisoners, which are concentrated in disadvantaged communities. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, but we should not conclude from this that it has the highest rate of criminality. Without a doubt, many persons need to be imprisoned to protect public safety. 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The critical link between health care and jails. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014;33:443-7. [PMID: 24590943] doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1350 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. ABIM Foundation; American Board of Internal Medicine. Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physician charter. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:243-6. [PMID: 11827500] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Dora M. Dumont, PhD, MPH; Scott A. Allen, MD; Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPHAffiliations: From the Rhode Island Department of Health and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, and University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, California.Grant Support: Dr. Rich was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA K24 DA022112), and the Centers for AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health (P30AI042853).Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M14-0080.Corresponding Author: Dora M. Dumont, PhD, MPH, Rhode Island Department of Health, 3 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908; e-mail, dora.dumont@health.ri.gov.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Dumont: Rhode Island Department of Health, 3 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908.Dr. Allen: University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521.Dr. Rich: The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI 02906.Author Contributions: Conception and design: D.M. Dumont, J.D. Rich.Drafting of the article: D.M. Dumont.Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: S.A. Allen, J.D. Rich.Final approval of the article: D.M. Dumont, S.A. Allen, J.D. Rich. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Annals Author Insight Video - Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, Scott A. Allen, MD In this video, Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, and Scott A. 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