The Impact of Homelessness and Incarceration on Women's Health
The Impact of Homelessness and Incarceration on Women's Health
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DOI：
10.1177/1078345815618884
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Keenan, Louanne
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作者：
Ahmed, Rabia A.;Angel, Cybele;Keenan, Louanne
女囚犯在监禁期间和向社区过渡时面临多重挑战，包括：在惩教设施内获得医疗保健的障碍、释放前过渡准备不足以及释放后医疗保健的连续性不足。这项定性研究探讨了女性囚犯寻求健康的经历以及健康和住房需求。在加拿大的一个还押设施中进行了四次重点小组讨论。妇女在进入惩教系统时健康状况不佳，并将监禁视为获得保健服务的一种手段。回归社区是一个十字路口，取决于住房状况的稳定性。这些研究结果支持对性别问题有敏感认识的健康和住房方案，以减少这一弱势群体的成瘾、累犯和健康状况不佳。
Female inmates have multiple challenges during incarceration and as they transition into the community including: barriers to accessing health care within correctional facilities, poor transitional preparation preceding release, and inadequate continuity of health care after release. This qualitative study explored the health-seeking experiences and the health and housing needs of female inmates. Four focus groups were conducted in a remand facility in Canada. Women described poor health at entry to the correctional system and viewed incarceration as a means to access health care services. Transition back into the community represented a crossroad that was dependent on the stability of housing status. These findings support gender-sensitive health and housing programs to reduce addictions, recidivism, and poor health among this vulnerable population.