Health issues among incarcerated women
By: edited by Ronald L. Braithwaite, Kimberly Jacob Arriola, and Cassandra Newkirk.
Contributors: Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945-; Arriola, Kimberly Jacob, 1972-; Newkirk, Cassandra.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813536903; 9780813536910
Subjects: Women prisoners -- Medical care -- United States.; Women prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of incarcerated women's health / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Ronald L. Braithwaite, and Cassandra F. Newkirk; title: Health disparities / Ronald L. Braithwaite; title: Voices of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women / Donna Hubbard Spearmen and Sally Glover Webb; title: Criminalizing the victim: interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, L. Shakiyla Smith, and Margaret Farrow; title: Sugar and spice: understanding the health of incarcerated girls / Michelle Staples-Horne; title: Mood disorders in incarcerated women / Saundra Maass-Robinson and Pamela Thompson; title: Anxiety disorders and major thought disorders / Cassandra F. Newkirk; title: Substance use disorders / Jackie Butler and Kisha Braithwaite; title: Sexual risk behavior and alcohol and other drug use among female adolescent detainees: implications for intervention / Rhonda Conerly, Alyssa Robillard, and Ronald L. Braithwaite; title: Carrying in the criminal justice system: prenatal care of incarcerated women / Ranita Fortenberry, Carmen Warren, and John Clark; title: Reproductive health among incarcerated women / John Clark; title: Tuberculosis: no longer the "white plague" / Sharon Baucom; title: Hepatitis C / Grace Macalino; title: HIV/AIDS / Anne DeGroot and Rachel Maddow; title: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected incarcerated women / Becky Stephenson; title: Cardiovascular disease / Sylvia McQueen; title: Asthma / Norman Dean; title: Understanding the parenting rights of incarcerated women / Sandra Barnhill and Temika Williams; title: Discharge planning for incarcerated women: linking identified needs with community support / Amy E. Boutwell, Allison Kendrick, and Josiah Rich; title: Illness among women in prison and compassionate release / Cynthia Chandler, Judy Greenspan, and Jennifer Rotman.