title: Theories and assumptions that inform trauma-specific interventions for incarcerated women.
abstract: The field of interventional outcomes research in programs designed to treat trauma in correctionally involved women involves contributions from researchers in a variety of disciplines. In this review, we asked how recent interventional studies addressed 3 theoretical touchstones-relational cultural theory, trauma theory, and addiction theory. We found that few outcomes studies engaged theory directly on any of these points and concluded that the opportunity for field-defining debate may risk getting lost in a quest for numbers or outcomes. We recommended that researchers more explicitly position their work, especially with respect to key theories and points of debate.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Kansas City (Dr Emerson); and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (Dr Ramaswamy).
authors.forename: Amanda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Emerson
authors.forename: Megha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramaswamy
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health