title: 'Coming together to share, listen and learn': A conference with a vision.
abstract: The inaugural collaborative Canadian Prison-Academic-Community Health and Education was organized by the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education and supported by the University of British Columbia (UBC), Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) on 4th and 5th December 2008. The conference objective was to encourage and facilitate collaborative opportunities for enhancing health, education, research, service and advocacy, for the social well-being and (re)integration of individuals in custody, their families and communities. Four conference goals were articulated: (1) To share promising practices, current evidence and scholarship in health and education related to prison populations. (2) To bring together prison, academic and community members to create collaborative opportunities for partnerships and reciprocal learning. (3) To discuss and develop policy initiatives to promote positive change within prison health and education. (4) To explore the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of prisoner health and education.
authors.affiliation: UBC Department of Family Practice, 300-5950 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada. prison.health@familymed.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith Martin
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elwood Martin
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D004930:Inuit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities