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Contributing Factors to Poor Health Among Incarcerated Women: A Conceptual Model

Contributing Factors to Poor Health Among Incarcerated Women: A Conceptual Model This article presents a conceptual model that depicts the relevantfactors that explain why incarcerated women are generally in poorhealth. These factors include oppressive societal ideologies and practices, personal behavior, and the environments of prisons and jails, allof which have profound effects on health status. The interrelationshipsamong these factors are explored, and implications for research andprogram planning are provided. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Contributing Factors to Poor Health Among Incarcerated Women: A Conceptual Model

Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , Volume 11 (4): 22 – Dec 1, 1996

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SAGE
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ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/088610999601100403
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Abstract

This article presents a conceptual model that depicts the relevantfactors that explain why incarcerated women are generally in poorhealth. These factors include oppressive societal ideologies and practices, personal behavior, and the environments of prisons and jails, allof which have profound effects on health status. The interrelationshipsamong these factors are explored, and implications for research andprogram planning are provided.

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Dec 1, 1996

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