Promoting Health Equity and Criminal Justice Reform: The Louisiana Experience.

Am J Public Health

Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and the Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. Bruce Reilly and Norris Henderson are with VOTE, New Orleans, LA. Meredith Sugarman is with the Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. Anjali Niyogi is with the Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Published: January 2020

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305446DOI Listing

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