Health Issues Among Incarcerated Women

by Braithwaite, Ronald L.; Arriola, Kimberly Jacob; Newkirk, Cassandra

• ISBN13: 9780813536910
• ISBN10: 081353691X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Table of Contents

List of Tables	xi
List of Figures	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Foreword	xvii
PART ONE Toward Understanding the Need
An Overview of Incarcerated Women's Health	3	(162)
KIMBERLY JACOB ARRIOLA, RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE, AND CASSANDRA F. NEWKIRK
2 Understanding How Race, Class, and Gender Impact the Health of Incarcerated Women	18	(14)
RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE
3 Voices of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women	32	(15)
SALLIE GLOVER WEBB AND DONNA L. HUBBARD
4 Criminalizing the Victim: Interpersonal Violence in the Lives of Incarcerated Women	47	(20)
KIMBERLY JACOB ARRIOLA, L. SHAKIYLA SMITH, AND MARGARET FARROW
5 Sugar and Spice: Understanding the Health of Incarcerated Girls	67	(24)
MICHELLE STAPLES-HORNE
PART TWO Mental Health and Addictive Behaviors
6 Mood Disorders in Incarcerated Women	91	(21)
SAUNDRA MAASS-ROBINSON AND PAMELA EVERETT THOMPSON
7 Anxiety Disorders and Major Thought Disorders	112	(12)
CASSANDRA F. NEWKIRK
8 Substance Use Disorders	124	(16)
JACKIE BUTLER AND KISHA BRAITHWAITE
9 Sexual Risk Behavior and Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Female Adolescent Detainees: Implications for Intervention	140
RHONDA C. CONERLY, ALYSSA G. ROBILLARD, AND RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE
PART THREE Sexual and Reproductive Health
10 Carrying in the Criminal Justice System: Prenatal Care of Incarcerated Women	165	(16)
RENATA FORTENBERRY, CARMEN WARREN, AND JOHN CLARK
11 Reproductive Health among Incarcerated Women	181	(12)
JOHN CLARK
PART FOUR Infectious Diseases
12 Tuberculosis: No Longer the "White Plague"	193	(28)
SHARON BAUCOM, KAREN BAUCOM, PAULA BROWN, AND HAROLD MOUZON
13 Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Incarcerated Women	221	(16)
GRACE E. MACALINO
14 HIV/AIDS Infection among Incarcerated Woman	237	(11)
ANNE S. DE GROOT AND RACHEL MADDOW
15 Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Incarcerated Women	248	(13)
BECKY L. STEPHENSON
PART FIVE Chronic Conditions
16 Cardiovascular Disease	261	(15)
SYLVIA McQUEEN
17 Asthma	276	(23)
NORMAN DEAN
PART SIX Social, Political and Environmental Issues
18 Understanding the Parenting Rights of Incarcerated Women	299	(11)
SANDRA BARNHILL, TEMIKA WILLIAMS, AND I.RYTA
19 Discharge Planning for Incarcerated Women: Linking Identified Needs with Community Support	310	(9)
AMY E. BOUTWELL, ALLISON KENDRICK, AND JOSIAH D. RICH
20 Illness among Women in Prison and Compassionate Release	319	(16)
CYNTHIA CHANDLER, JUDY GREENSPAN, AND JENNIFER ROTMAN
Afterword	335	(2)
Notes on Contributors	337	(6)
Index	343