State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research
Authors: Cyrus Ahalt, Emily A. Wang, Brie Williams
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

Letters4 August 2015State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health ResearchCyrus Ahalt, MPP, Emily A. Wang, MD, MAS, and Brie Williams, MD, MSCyrus Ahalt, MPPFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut., Emily A. Wang, MD, MASFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut., and Brie Williams, MD, MSFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L15-5116-2 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Ms. Lemon and colleagues accurately note that estimating the number of Americans who are or have ever been incarcerated is difficult even for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the agency tasked with collecting data on all U.S. justice systems. In our introduction, we state that more than 20 million Americans are or have been incarcerated—a conservative estimate to provide the context of our primary finding, namely, that the National Institutes of Health has a critical opportunity to expand research investigating the relationship between criminal justice involvement and health. The assertion that between 9 and 70 million Americans have ...References1. Wolfers J, Leonhardt D, Quealy K. 1.5 million missing black men. The New York Times. 20 April 2015. Accessed at www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.html on 26 June 2015. Google Scholar2. Western B, Pettit B. Black-white wage inequality, employment rates, and incarceration. Am J Sociol. 2005;111:553-78. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Ahalt C, Binswanger IA, Steinman M, Tulsky J, Williams BA. Confined to ignorance: the absence of prisoner information from nationally representative health data sets. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:160-6. [PMID: 21922160] doi:10.1007/s11606-011-1858-7 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Wang EA, Aminawung JA, Wildeman C, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. High incarceration rates among black men enrolled in clinical studies may compromise ability to identify disparities. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014;33:848-55. [PMID: 24799583] doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1325 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Pettit B. Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress. New York: Russell Sage Foundation; 2012. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Cyrus Ahalt, MPP; Emily A. Wang, MD, MAS; Brie Williams, MD, MSAffiliations: From University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M14-2161. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Cyrus Ahalt , Marielle Bolano , Emily A. Wang , and Brie Williams The State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Cyrus Ahalt , Marielle Bolano , Emily A. Wang , and Brie Williams State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Tiffany Lemon , Anne Spaulding , and Josiah D. Rich State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Tiffany Lemon , Anne Spaulding , and Josiah D. Rich Metrics Cited byCaring for the Rapidly Aging Incarcerated Population: The Role of PolicyImproving care for the overlooked in oncology: incarcerated patientsHealth Disparities and Converging Epidemics in Jail Populations: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study 4 August 2015Volume 163, Issue 3Page: 240-241KeywordsDisclosureHealth careHealth economicsHealth surveysPlaguePrevention, policy, and public healthPublic policyResearch fundingStatistical dataVision ePublished: 4 August 2015 Issue Published: 4 August 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...