title: Opportunities for health promotion in the Queensland women's prison system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the health of Queensland women prisoners with that of community women using the target areas of public health promotion identified by Health Determinants Queensland as a framework.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the Queensland Women Prisoners' Health Survey was compared with published community data in each of the target areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Queensland women prisoners had poorer nutrition, did less exercise, had higher rates of smoking and had a greater prevalence of asthma and diabetes than women in the community. They seemed to have a greater prevalence of mental health disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Within the framework, women prisoners had significantly poorer measured outcomes than community women in all areas except cervical screening, breast cancer screening and overweight and obesity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Health Determinants Queensland target areas for Queensland women are of even greater priority in the subgroup of women prisoners. Benefits for the health of prisoners, and therefore the community, could be gained by expanding existing community health promotion activities to prisons through collaboration and partnerships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Queensland. megan_young@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Falconer
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education*; D011330:Prisons; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data