title: Women prisoners: health issues and nursing implications.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe health issues of women prisoners, analyze the implications of these issues for nursing practice, and consider strategies to improve the health of this vulnerable population. The article focuses primarily on women prisoners in the United States and includes a brief contextual background to explain the rapid increase in their numbers. Although the incarceration of women is increasingly a global problem, the authors focus primarily on the situation in the United States.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
authors.forename: Anastasia A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Diane C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hatton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D003416:Criminal Law; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012934:Social Isolation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health