The Impact of Juvenile Justice System Involvement on the Health and Well-Being of Youth, Families, and Communities of Color

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Steve Olson and Kat M. Anderson,
Rapporteurs

Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Health and Medicine Division

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This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Aetna Foundation, the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre, the California Wellness Foundation, The Colorado Trust, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Hogg Foundation, Merck & Co., Inc., the Moore Foundation, the NARBHA Institute, Northern Arizona University Center for Health Equity Research, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Health Equity. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.

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THE IMPACT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR¹

JULIE A. BALDWIN (Chair), Northern Arizona University

KEVIN AHMAAD JENKINS, University of Pennsylvania

MARK CARROLL, Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority

TOORJO GHOSE, University of Pennsylvania

KATHI GRASSO, Independent Consultant

OCTAVIO MARTINEZ, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas

LINDA TEPLIN, Northwestern University

WINSTON F. WONG, Kaiser Permanente

Health and Medicine Division Staff

KAT M. ANDERSON, Roundtable Director (Retired, January 2022)

ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Senior Board Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

ANNA MARTIN, Administrative Assistant (from August 2018), Senior Program Assistant (until August 2018)

Y. CRYSTI PARK, Administrative Assistant (from April 2020)

DARA ROSENBERG, Research Associate

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ROUNDTABLE ON THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH EQUITY¹

ANTONIA VILLARRUEL (Chair), University of Pennsylvania

PATRICIA BAKER, Connecticut Health Foundation

JULIE A. BALDWIN, Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University

B. NED CALONGE, The Colorado Trust

KENDALL M. CAMPBELL, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University

LUTHER T. CLARK, Merck & Co., Inc.

MARIO DE LA ROSA, Florida International University

SHREYA KANGOVI, University of Pennsylvania

OCTAVIO N. MARTINEZ, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin

CHRISTINE RAMEY, Health Resources and Services Administration

MELISSA A. SIMON, Northwestern University

TESHIA G. ARAMBULA SOLOMAN, University of Arizona

REGINALD TUCKER-SEELEY, University of Southern California

WINSTON F. WONG, Kaiser Permanente

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Fellows

KEVIN AHMAAD JENKINS, University of Pennsylvania

MICHELLE WONG, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles, CA

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Contents

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

2JUVENILE JUSTICE AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES

3THE EFFECTS OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

4LUNCHEON PANEL

5ALTERNATIVES TO JUVENILE DETENTION

6POSSIBLE FUTURE DIRECTIONS

7REFLECTIONS ON THE WORKSHOP

REFERENCES

APPENDIXES

A STATEMENT OF TASK

B WORKSHOP AGENDA

C SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

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