Making the case for innovative reentry employment programs: previously incarcerated women as birth doulas - a case study
Making the case for innovative reentry employment programs: previously incarcerated women as birth doulas - a case study
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DOI：
10.1108/ijph-07-2016-0026
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Hand, Zakeya Warner
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作者：
McLemore, Monica R.;Hand, Zakeya Warner
目的-本文的目的是为以有色人种女性为重点的新颖和创新的再就业项目提供一个案例，并描述支持这些项目的可持续性以及参与这些项目的女性的成功所必需的政策建议。设计/方法/方法-对描述专门针对出狱妇女的就业培训机会及其对累犯的影响的文献的审查和分析提供了有限的信息。作者开发、实施并评估了针对低收入和有色人种妇女的助产师培训计划，以确定生育工作是否能提供稳定的收入并减少再犯。调查结果-培训低收入的前监禁妇女成为助产师是解决妇女从监狱重新进入社区所面临的就业障碍的一项创新战略。通过为其他妇女提供生育支助来重新调整社区内的妇女，也为传统弱势群体提供文化上相关和适当的保健小组成员。助产师是医疗保健队伍的重要成员，可以改善分娩结果。作者的工作测试导乐培训，作为一个再入职的职业项目，已经成功地培养了16名文化相关和合适的有色导乐，这些导乐没有再次被捕，到目前为止，没有一个项目参与者有再犯的经历。原创性/价值——要想成功，有色人种女性在设计出狱后重返社会的项目时，应该考虑到种族、性别和贫困的交叉点。作者的工作为以前被监禁和低收入的有色人种妇女提供了职业技能，提供了稳定的收入，作为通往卫生专业的门户，并增加了训练有素的有色人种作为护理提供者的人数。
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to make a case for novel and innovative reentry programs focused on women of color and to describe policy recommendations that are necessary to support the sustainability of these programs and in turn the success of the women who participate in them.Design/methodology/approach - A review and analysis of the literature that described job-training opportunities specifically targeted to women exiting jail and the impact on recidivism provided limited information. The authors developed, implemented, and evaluated doula training program for low-income and women of color to determine if birth work could provide stable income and decrease recidivism.Findings - Training low-income formerly incarcerated women to become birth doulas is an innovative strategy to solve employment barriers faced by women reentering communities from jail. Realigning women within communities via birth support to other women also provides culturally relevant and appropriate members of the healthcare team for traditionally vulnerable populations. Doulas are important members of the healthcare workforce and can improve birth outcomes. The authors' work testing doula training, as a reentry vocational program has been successful in producing 16 culturally relevant and appropriate doulas of color that experienced no re-arrests and to date no program participant has experienced recidivism.Originality/value - To be successful, the intersections of race, gender, and poverty, for women of color should be considered in the design of reentry programs for individuals exiting jail. The authors' work provided formerly incarcerated and low-income women of color with vocational skills that provide consistent income, serve as a gateway to the health professions, and increase the numbers of well-trained people of color who serve as providers of care.