ACA 2021 Virtual WC Program Book

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:00 - 10:30 A.M. EST

A-1A Clinical Practice Guidelines and Updates (CE, CME) TRACK: Physician/Midlevel This session will focus on clinical updates on correctional medicine and the delivery of care. It will address new changes in the treatment and follow-up care to patients. After the session, attendees should be able to classify, manage, recognize, and face the challenges in caring for patients in the correctional environment and recognize ethical perils in clinical practice. This session will provide a clinical overview of evolving areas of medicine that affect the scope of health care services provided to incarcerated populations. Participants will gain a better understanding of recent advancements in clinical care that should be considered for integration into the health care delivery system. Learning Objectives : 1. Participants will be able to analyze the clinical overview of new areas of medicine. 2. Participants will describe the scope of health services of incarcerated populations. 3. Participants will apply key strategies of recent advances in clinical care for successful integration into the health delivery system. Speakers : Harbans Deol , D.O., Ph.D., Medical Services Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, Lincoln, Nebraska; Jerome Greenfield , M.D., DFAPA, Health Services Administrator Iowa Department of Corrections Diversion Units: Alternatives to Restrictive Housing for Offenders with Mental Illness (CE, YCE) TRACK: Mental Health Therapeutic Diversion Units (TDUs) have been implemented across NC prisons to identify offenders with mental illness assigned to Restrictive Housing (RH) and provide a structured therapeutic environment through which they are diverted safely from RH. Program evaluation research has supported effectiveness in A-1B Therapeutic

reducing high-severity disciplinary infractions, rates of self-injurious or suicidal behavior, and rates of inpatient mental health admission. This presentation will discuss development and structure of TDUs, as well as program monitoring and evaluation practices and results. Learning Objectives : 1. Participants will identify the need for alternatives to Restrictive Housing for offenders with mental illness. 2. Attendees will be able to describe the core structural, procedural, and therapeutic elements of TDUs. 3. Attendees will discuss familiarity with program monitoring and evaluation efforts, including results of rigorous analysis of program effectiveness in reduction of infractions, self-injury/suicidal behavior, and inpatient mental health admissions. Speakers : Gary Junker , Ph.D., HSP-P, Director of Health and Wellness, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Prisons ; Charles Mautz , M.A., LPA, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Raleigh, N.C. ; Molly Remch , MSPH, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. A-1C Using Red-Yellow-Green Zones to Slow the Spread of Infection in Your Facility (CE, CERP, CME) TRACK: Nursing SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has impacted the world in every facet of work and home. Facilities which cohort large populations together have been shown to have higher rates spread of infection which includes Long term care facilities, and Correctional facilities who house at risk populations outlined by the CDC. This workshop will demonstrate the utilization of mitigation strategies to lower the transmission of COVID-19 to the offender population. Attendees will see case studies of different facilities and security levels deployment of a zone strategy. The zone strategy checklist has defined PPE use, offender movement, as well as staff assignments within the facility for rapid adoption by any correctional facility and jail.