Health issues among incarcerated women / edited by Ronald L. Braithwaite, Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Cassandra Newkirk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945-

Arriola, Kimberly Jacob, 1972-

Newkirk, Cassandra

Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women prisoners--Medical care--United States.

Women prisoners.

Women prisoners--Health and hygiene--United States.

Health Services.

Prisoners.

Women--psychology.

Women's Health.

Women prisoners--Health and hygiene.

Women prisoners--Medical care.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Health Services.

Prisoners.

Women--psychology.

Women's Health.

Physical Description:

xix, 355 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2006]

Contents:

An overview of incarcerated women's health / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Ronald L. Braithwaite, and Cassandra F. Newkirk

Understanding how race, class, and gender impact the health of incarcerated women/ Ronald L. Braithwaite

Voices of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women / Sally Glover Webb and Donna L. Hubbard

Criminalizing the victim: interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, L. Shakiyla Smith, and Margaret Farrow

Sugar and spice: understanding the health of incarcerated girls / Michelle Staples-Horne

Mood disorders in incarcerated women / Saundra Maass-Robinson and Pamela Everett Thompson

Anxiety disorders and major thought disorders / Cassandra F. Newkirk

Substance use disorders / Jackie Butler and Kisha Braithwaite

Sexual risk behavior and alcohol and other drug use among female adolescent detainees: implications for intervention / Rhonda C. Conerly, Alyssa G. Robillard, and Ronald L. Braithwaite

Carrying in the criminal justice system: prenatal care of incarcerated women / Renata Fortenberry, Carmen Warren, and John Clark

Reproductive health among incarcerated women / John Clark

Tuberculosis: no longer the "white plague" / Sharon Baucom ... [et al.]

Hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated women / Grace E. Macalino

HIV/AIDS infection among incarcerated women / Anne S. De Groot and Rachel Maddow

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected incarcerated women / Becky L. Stephenson

Cardiovascular disease / Sylvia McQueen

Asthma / Norman Dean

Understanding the parenting rights of incarcerated women / Sandra Barnhill, Temika Williams, and I. Ryta

Discharge planning for incarcerated women: linking identified needs with community support / Amy E. Boutwell, Allison Kendrick, and Josiah D. Rich

Illness among women in prison and compassionate release / Cynthia Chandler, Judy Greenspan, and Jennifer Rotman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0813536901

081353691X

OCLC:

59280341

Publisher Number:

9780813536903

9780813536910