This is the very first post to the SHiJReN blog. This blog will be a way of facilitating collaboration between researchers and health professionals working on aspects of health research in criminal justice settings in Scotland. This blog will also be the means through which various conversations will be continued following the prison health symposium in May 2016, in … More Welcome to SHiJReN
Carceral Bodies: Intersectionality and Prison Health Call for Abstracts The Graduate School in association with the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work are pleased to host the next Prison Health Research Network Event in Queens’ University Belfast. The symposium will take place on 20th June 2017 in the Graduate School, Queen’ University Belfast. … More Carceral Bodies: Intersectionality and Prison Health
Prison Safety and Reform: Restoring Stability, Transforming Lives 27th June 2017, The Studio, Manchester Overview Schedule Speakers Supporters Register Christine Kelly the Assistant Head of Health and Justice Commissioning, NHS England has confirmed to speak on our panel and will be discussing how we can “Transforming prison healthcare”. Delivering high quality healthcare for people in … More Prison Safety and Reform: Restoring Stability, Transforming Lives
The ICPA and EuroPris are hosting a Correctional Research Symposium on 27th-29th March at Ghent University, Belgium. For more information, see http://icpa.ca/events/1st-international-correctional-research-symposium/
The University of Manchester 15 reviews – Manchester £26,052 – £30,175 a year – Contract You will join the Offender Health Research Network working on a National Institute of Health Research-funded project looking at the identification and management of dementia and cognitive impairment in older prisoners. The work involves identifying dementia in older prisoners using … More Research Assistant, Offender Health Research Network
Please find attached details of how to sign up to the WHO Europe Prison Health Research & Engagement Network (WEPHREN). WEPHREN is an exciting new international network for research and professional development in Health & Justice. Please cc Lesley Graham (lesley.graham@nhs.net) in any emails to WEHPREN when you are signing up. wephren-flyer-v1 template-for-joining-wephren-uk
I would like to highlight a couple of prison focused PhDs at UoGlasgow: Evaluating prison services delivered by Early Years Scotland (co-funded by Early Years Scotland, subject to final confirmation) This doctoral project will focus on adult male prisoners who are fathers, looking at how the Fathers Programme, in place in five Scottish prisons, works … More Prison PhDs in Glasgow
The Scottish Health in Justice Research Network (SHiJReN) 