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Dora M. Dumont
Researcher at Rhode Island Department of Health
Publications - 33
Citations - 1058
Dora M. Dumont is an academic researcher from Rhode Island Department of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Health care. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 32 publications receiving 878 citations. Previous affiliations of Dora M. Dumont include Miriam Hospital & Brown University.
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Public Health and the Epidemic of Incarceration
TL;DR: It is recommended that public health and medical practitioners capitalize on the public health opportunities provided by correctional settings to reach medically underserved communities, while simultaneously advocating for fundamental system change to reduce unnecessary incarceration.
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Medication Assisted Treatment in US Drug Courts: Results from a Nationwide Survey of Availability, Barriers and Attitudes
Harlan Matusow,Samuel Dickman,Josiah D. Rich,Josiah D. Rich,Chunki Fong,Dora M. Dumont,Carolyn Hardin,Douglas B. Marlowe,Andrew Rosenblum +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a substantial, targeted educational initiative is needed to increase awareness of the treatment and criminal justice benefits of MAT in the drug courts.
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Incarceration, community health, and racial disparities.
TL;DR: Viewing incarceration within the context of community health and community life shows that the more equitable mortality rates among inmates are not evidence of the beneficial effects of incarceration so much as an indictment of disparities in the community at large.
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How Health Care Reform Can Transform The Health Of Criminal Justice–Involved Individuals
Josiah D. Rich,Redonna K. Chandler,Brie Williams,Dora M. Dumont,Emily A. Wang,Faye S. Taxman,Scott A. Allen,Jennifer G. Clarke,Robert B. Greifinger,Christopher Wildeman,Fred C. Osher,Steven Rosenberg,Craig Haney,Marc Mauer,Bruce Western +14 more
TL;DR: A set of recommendations for the improvement of both correctional health care, such as improving systems of external oversight and quality management, and access to community-based care, including establishing strategies for postrelease care and medical record transfers are presented.
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Survey Finds That Many Prisons And Jails Have Room To Improve HIV Testing And Coordination Of Postrelease Treatment
Liza Solomon,Brian T. Montague,Curt G. Beckwith,Jacques Baillargeon,Michael A. Costa,Dora M. Dumont,Irene Kuo,Ann E. Kurth,Josiah D. Rich +8 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that opportunities for HIV diagnosis and linking HIV-positive inmates to community care after release are being missed in the majority of prison systems and jails.