NAPD - Chronic health problems among justice-involved individuals: Causes, consequences, and solutions

Time: November 18, 2025 - 2pm

Location: Webinar

Justice-involved individuals are more likely than the general population to experience chronic health problems (e.g., obesity-related health problems, type 2 diabetes, respiratory diseases, and chronic pain). These conditions usually last for prolonged durations and require ongoing medical treatment. Further, chronic health problems frequently have high comorbidity rates with mental health issues (e.g., depression and trauma) and behavioral problems (e.g., substance use). When these conditions go unrecognized or untreated, affected individuals often struggle to maintain employment, care for themselves, navigate the criminal justice system, reenter society, and comply with the conditions of community supervision (i.e., probation and parole). This innovative training is designed to increase awareness about chronic health problems and their consequences in criminal justice settings. Attendees will learn about the causes, risk factors, and common co-occurring conditions for chronic health problems including cognitive deficits (e.g., executive dysfunction), dietary practices, food insecurity, mental health problems (e.g., alexithymia, anxiety, and depression), sedentary behaviors, sleep problems, social isolation, stress, substance misuse, traumatic brain injuries, and other pre-existing conditions. The training will conclude by identifying multidisciplinary, holistic, integrative, and health-promoting screening, intake, intervention, and treatment approaches that can help address the nuanced physical, cognitive, and behavioral health needs of justice-involved individuals. Empirically based research findings are highlighted throughout this training.

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