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Jail Linkage Project

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Description

The Jail Linkage Project connects Health Department’s communicable disease services with the Pinellas County Jail’s high-risk inmates. The program provides HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis prevention information, education, and testing to the incarcerated population. The program reaches a medically underserved population, many of whom are involved in high-risk behaviors including injection drug use, needle sharing, and unprotected sex. The Jail Linkage Project collaborates with numerous community-based organizations and health care facilities in order to ensure access to service and care.

Goal / Mission

The goal of the Jail Linkage Project is to connect the incarcerated population with health care screening and prevention services.

Results / Accomplishments

The program has reached 95% of the target population to provide risk assessment and screening for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis. The program provides pre- and post-test counseling and education. Inmates have been screened for TB and given hepatitis A and B vaccines. Staff also provide the inmates with referrals and linkages to care and treatment following their release.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Pinellas County Health Department HIV/AIDS Program
Primary Contact
Lisa Cohen, Area 5 HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator
205 Martin Luther King Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 824-6902
lisa_cohen@doh.state.fl.us
http://www.pinellashealth.com/
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Organization(s)
Pinellas County Health Department HIV/AIDS Program
Source
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Date of publication
2005
Location
Pinellas County, FL
For more details
http://www.naccho.org/topics/modelpractices/databa...
Additional Audience
Inmates

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  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.