Participating in Prison-Based Mental Health Programs: Relevant Characteristics Among Female State PrisonersJanice D. McCall, MSW
They report that a possible lack of health-related opportunities in prison and limited freedom to get engaged in such activities are some of the main environmental impediments. Workload, its overlap with health programs in prison, and lack of experience in adapting healthy practices to their life...
Prison settings also provide an opportunity to engage people who have a history of injectingdruguse with health and well-being services that they may not have previously been able to access in the community. These interventions not only make prisons safer, they also help to ensure better health ...
And even with the DOC’s forward-thinking mental-health programs, he is assured a level of treatment to let him survive, not recover. Mental illness in prison is a weakness, and the weak are prey. Offenders in the general population mock psychiatric units as “ding wings,” dispensing “di...
Mental health problems are highly prevalent in prison populations. Incarcerated persons generally come from disadvantaged backgrounds and are living under extraordinary conditions while in prison. Their healthcare needs are complex compared to the general population. Studies have found that incarcerated indivi...
摘要: By Niyi Awofeso; Debate: Public--Private Health Partnerships in Prison Health Care—the Case for a Public Health Focus关键词: environmental management practices voluntary programs regulatory pressures market pressures facility characteristics DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00600.x ...
At the end of September 2002 there were 2633 children in prison in England and Wales. Since November 2002, the Children Act 1989 applies to children held in prison. The challenge to paediatricians is to recognise and meet the needs of these vulnerable and needy children. This can be achieved...
Requirements to implementing harm reduction programs in the Spanish prison system From all of these kinds of programs probably the NEPs is one of the most difficult to implement in prison environments, because this, I will describe only the process done in the Span...
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Person in handcuffs in prison cell. Image credit:https://isorepublic.com. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diabetes prevention pathway A new partnership between the Bupa Foundation NACCHO will see over 500 of its health workers receive diabetes prevention training to support improved health outcome...