title: Women in Transition: Experiences of Health and Health Care for Recently Incarcerated Women Living in Community Corrections Facilities.
abstract: Health priorities of women after incarceration remain poorly understood, constraining development of interventions targeted at their health during that time. We explored the experience of health and health care after incarceration in a focused ethnography of 28 women who had been released from prison or jail within the past year and were living in community corrections facilities. The women's outlook on health was rooted in a newfound core optimism, but this was constrained by their pressing health-related issues; stress and uncertainty; and the pressures of the criminal justice system. These external forces threatened to cause collapse of women's core optimism. Findings support interventions that capitalize on women's optimism and address barriers specific to criminal justice contexts. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Duquesne University School of Nursing, 600 Forbes Ave., 542 Fisher Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Colbert
authors.affiliation: Hunter College in the City University of New York, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Lorie S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Goshin
authors.affiliation: Duquesne University School of Education, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.affiliation: Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zoucha
authors.affiliation: Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: L Kathleen
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Sekula
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012917:Social Adjustment; D016387:Women's Health / Q000592:standards*
keywords: addiction; criminal justice; prison; qualitative; self-care; women's health