Policy paper about barriers to entering the behavioral health and nursing professions for individuals with criminal convictions.

<p>For the summer of 2014, I was given the opportunity to intern with the Gamble Institute in Oakland, CA. As an intern at TGI, I worked most of my time developing a policy brief about barriers to entering the behavioral health (Social Work) and nursing professions for individuals with criminal convictions. At TGI, I conducted research, studied previous incarcerated case studies, policy development, and learned about public policy choices in the US concerning higher education and prison. In the following paper I will provide background information on the Gamble Institute and programs provided to the incarcerated population. The rest of the paper will be focusing on the main thesis of barriers to licensure in professional fields of Social Work and Nursing for the incarcerated population. Key findings and public health competencies that were learned in this internship project are included in this paper. The goal of this project was to create awareness on the barriers that the incarcerated face when applying for licensure. Hopefully once more of the population know about this concerning issue, they will use their awareness to eliminate these barriers for the incarcerated in regards to licensure.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Trumpf, Maryam E

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/36

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1039