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Best article, 2021

Congratulations to Shawn Flanigan and Megan Welsh on the selection of their paper, "Unmet Needs of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Near San Diego Waterways: The Roles of Displacement and Overburdened Service Systems" as the best article published in JHHSA, 2021. We are pleased to make this paper freely available to all readers - attached here as a PDF and available in volume 43, issue 2.

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Call for papers: Emerging Trends in Public & Nonprofit Organizations

ASPA's Academic Women in Public Administration (AWPA) has partnered with JHHSA to initiate a discussion on emerging health and human service trends in public and nonprofit institutions. This symposium seeks scholarship with an eye to creating resilience. Thoughtful empirical and theoretical research that turns a critical eye on what institutions are doing to navigate these challenging times. Please see the attached call for details on how to contribute your scholarship.

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“A Call to Action”-Mental Illness and Self-Injurious Behavior Occuring In Jails & Prisons

HAYDEN P. SMITH, ALICIA H. SITREN and SARAH KING
JHHSA, Vol. 41 No. 4, (2019)

Prisons and jails have become a default mental health system for a significant portion of society. The high prevalence and complexity of mental illness in the correctional system is discussed with reference to a specific issue, inmate self-injury. Self-injurious behaviors are now ubiquitous in correctional institutions and a challenge for administrators. The etiology, prevalence and manifestation of self-injurious behaviors occurring in incarcerated settings is presented. This discussion is linked to a broader “Call to Action” for administrators that includes setting programmatic goals within the context of a mental health crisis (and few resources), consuming empirical research, developing programs for inmates, and addressing staff stress and resilience when working with inmates who are mentally ill.

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