Description and evaluation of a health education program for women offenders.
One percent of the population of the United States consists of women offenders, who are at-risk for numerous preventable diseases. Since health promotion is not a high priority when women are incarcerated, the author used group education as one way of increasing participants' knowledge and self-efficacy. Results indicated that a group health education program is an excellent way to change participants' knowledge and self-efficacy in a women's prison population.
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School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA. clehna@utmb.edu
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D011330:Prisons; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000379:methods; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D013781:Texas