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Toward A Human Rights-Based Juvenile Justice Healthcare Mod el

Toward A Human Rights-Based Juvenile Justice Healthcare Mod el. BARBARA J. GUTHRIE, RN, PhD, FAAN Associate Dean For Academic Affairs Yale School of Nursing. Minority Youth are Disproportionately Detained. Minority youth 2/3 rd of total population Girls:

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Toward A Human Rights-Based Juvenile Justice Healthcare Mod el

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  1. Toward A Human Rights-Based Juvenile Justice Healthcare Model BARBARA J. GUTHRIE, RN, PhD, FAAN Associate Dean For Academic Affairs Yale School of Nursing

  2. Minority Youth are Disproportionately Detained Minority youth 2/3rd of total population Girls: • African American (3xs) and Latinas 2 1/2xs) and American Indians (4xs) are more likely to be incarcerated than White girls (Sickmund, et. al., 2011)

  3. Minority Youth’s Pre-Detained Contextual Facts African American Latino youth are likely to be disproportionately: Poor and/live in extreme poverty (3x) Uninsured (1 in 8 AA and 1 in 6 Latino) Reside in under resourced communities Attend low achieving schools Obese, uncontrolled asthma, early sexual experiences, and unmet mental health issues Food insecurity • Children’s Defense Fund (2011; 2012)

  4. A Human Rights Healthcare Based Assumptions Right to highest attainable standards of health • Right to access health care and treatment • Right to adopted/tailored measures to address particular issues of youth

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