Access to Community Healthcare for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Initial Lessons from the Massachusetts Health Passport Project

Women, Girls & Criminal Justice, Vol. 8, No. 6, p. 81, October/November 2007

Women and Girls in the Criminal Justice System: Policy Issues and Practice Strategies, Russell Immarigeon, ed., Civic Research Institute, 2010

Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper 2007-01

17 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2012

Date Written: October 1, 2007

Abstract

From 2004-2010, the author directed the Massachusetts Health Passport Project (MHPP), aimed at facilitating continuous access to healthcare for girls and boys in the juvenile justice system in two Massachusetts counties. This article describes the health challenges facing youth, and particularly girls in the juvenile justice system including the significant barriers to health care access that these youth face. It goes on to describe the Massachusetts Health Passport Project, designed to: 1) Improve access to healthcare; 2) Change relevant systems; 3) Improve youth’s social supports; and 4) Improve youth’s health status. The article draws on an evaluation of MHPP to describe the process of its development, its successes, and its challenges and concludes with a specific call for greater health care coordination for youth in the juvenile justice system.

Keywords: Massachusetts Health Passport Project, MHPP, juvenile justice, health care access, youth

Suggested Citation

Sherman, Francine T., Access to Community Healthcare for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Initial Lessons from the Massachusetts Health Passport Project (October 1, 2007). Women, Girls & Criminal Justice, Vol. 8, No. 6, p. 81, October/November 2007, Women and Girls in the Criminal Justice System: Policy Issues and Practice Strategies, Russell Immarigeon, ed., Civic Research Institute, 2010, Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper 2007-01, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2126139

Francine T. Sherman (Contact Author)

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