Tapping the "Town and Gown" Potential for Correctional Health Research Collaborations

• Main Authors: Madison Gates (Author), Michelle Staples-Horne (Author), Nancy Webb (Author), Ronald Braithwaite (Author), Beverly Hastings (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Georgia Southern University, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Collaborations between juvenile justice systems (town) and academia (gown) promise to significantly enhance what we understand about high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) found among detained populations, particularly African American young women. However, research related...