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Health-care needs of older women prisoners: Perspectives of the health-care workers who care for them

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ABSTRACT

The proportion of older incarcerated women is growing, yet little is known regarding their health-care needs. Using focus group methodology, this study sought to elucidate the unique health-care needs of older women prisoners through the perspectives of correctional health-care providers. Three organizing themes emerged regarding the health of older women prisoners: (a) the meaning of being “older” in the prison setting; (b) challenges impacting correctional health-care workers’ care delivery; and (c) unmet health-care-related needs. Correctional health-care workers’ insights can provide guidance regarding how to optimize the health of the increasing population of older women prisoners.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Dr. Robert Trestman for reviewing a draft of the semistructured interview guide.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by a grant from the Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace under grant number 2U19-OH0088857 (L. Barry) and the Connecticut Department of Corrections under grant number 2014CAU-61 (L. Barry). Dr. Barry is currently supported by R01 MH106529 and RF1 MH117604 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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