Behavioral Health Services Following Release From Jail: A Widening Racial Disparity Gap

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Kelli E Canada. Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;111(2):178-179.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306057.

¹ Kelli E. Canada is with the School of Social Work, University of Missouri, Columbia.

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Racial Disparities in Access to and Utilization of Jail- and Community-Based Mental Health Treatment in 8 US Midwestern Jails in 2017.
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