title: Health Promotion Body Maps of Criminalized Woman.
abstract: Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. For criminalized women, opportunities to engage in health-promoting activities are obstructed by factors related to the context of their lives prior to and during incarceration. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into criminalized women's health and their access to health information and services. Thematic data analysis of body maps and interview transcripts revealed a central theme related to barriers and facilitators to health resources as contingent on being "inside" or "outside" of the incarceration setting. Incarceration holds the possibility for women to access health care not readily available in the community, or because women were not in the position to receive supports. The absence of timely health-promoting practices while incarcerated could be characterized as missed opportunities to support this marginalized, underserved population.
authors.affiliation: Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing/School of Health Studies, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada ldonelle@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Lorie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Donelle
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: correctional health care; criminalized women; health literacy; health promotion