Incarceration as a Social Determinant of Health



Alisha Baksh1, *
1 New York University, Public Health, United States

Abstract

Incarceration is not considered a Social Determinant of Health (SDH), but further investigation on the topic will prove otherwise. The social determinant of health identified for this paper is a formerly incarcerated individual from a low socioeconomic (SES) community. The health outcome are barriers to access to healthcare post-release from jail or prison. While low socioeconomic status is a culture as well as a well-recognized SDH, incarceration is not typically thought of in this way. Therefore, when we couple the culture of low SES and the prison culture, we can start to think about incarceration as a rather complex SDH.


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Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2021
Volume: 14
DOI: 10.2174/18749445-v14-e210916-2021-7

Article History:

Electronic publication date: 16/9/2021
Collection year: 2021

© 2021 Alisha Baksh et al.

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* Address correspondence to this author at New York University, Public Health, United States; Tel: 6463262084; E-mail: alishannbaksh@gmail.com