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Last Update:  September 25, 2008

General Reports
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Patients, prisoners, or people? Women prisoners' experiences of primary care in prison:
a qualitative study.
Plugge E, Douglas N, Fitzpatrick R. 
 Br J Gen Pract. 2008 Sep;58(554):630-6.
 Abstract
 
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in female offenders: prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity
 and psychosocial implications.
Rösler M, Retz W, Yaqoobi K, et al 
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008 Sep 19.
Abstract
 
Measuring the gap: from Home Office to the National Health Service in the provision of a one-stop shop
sexual health service in a female prison in the UK.
Mahto M, Zia S.  
Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Sep;19(9):586-9.
 Abstract
 
Feasibility of gaining access to women in jail for health interventions.
Hebert MR, Clarke JG, Caviness CM, et al  
Women Health. 2008;47(3):79-93.
 Abstract
 
Smoking Cessation Intervention for Female Prisoners: Addressing an Urgent Public Health Need.
Cropsey K, Eldridge G, Weaver M,
 Am J Public Health. 2008 Aug 13.
Abstract
 
Female sex offenders: exploring issues of personality, trauma, and cognitive distortions.
Strickland SM.  
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Apr;23(4):474-89.
Abstract
 
Breaking the cycle/mending the hoop: adverse childhood experiences among incarcerated
american indian/alaska native women in new Mexico.
De Ravello L, Abeita J, Brown P, et al 
Health Care Women Int. 2008 Mar;29(3):300-15.
 Abstract
 
The relationship of cigarette smoking to postoperative complications from dental
extractions among female inmates.
Heng CK, Badner VM, Clemens DL, et al
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2007 Aug 29;
 Abstract
 
Health as expanding consciousness: pattern recognition and incarcerated mothers,
a transforming experience.
Hayes MO, Jones D. 
J Forensic Nurs. 2007 Summer;3(2):61-6
 Abstract
 
A Captive Audience Bringing the WISEWOMAN Program to South Dakota Prisoners.
Khavjou OA, Clarke J, Hofeldt RM, et al.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 13;
 Abstract
 
Social and environmental factors: interviews of women with incarcerated partners.
Cooke CL. 
Fam Community Health. 2007 Apr-Jun;30 Suppl 2S:S17-22.
 Abstract
 
Risk factors for institutional misconduct among incarcerated women: an examination of the
criterion-related validity of the personality assessment inventory.
Skopp NA, Edens JF, Ruiz MA.   
J Pers Assess. 2007 Feb;88(1):106-17.
 Abstract

Female incarcerated adolescents with language problems talk about their own
communication behaviors and learning.
Sanger D, Moore-Brown BJ,Montgomery J, et al 
J Commun Disord. 2003 Nov-Dec;36(6):465-86.
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
The social determinants of health and women offenders´ vulnerability to infection
MB Pongrac
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
 
Issues in conducting research with women prisoners
C Fogel
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Denials and delays: Limits on the right to health care among incarcerated women in
the District of Columbia women's jails, 2004-2005
NF Masenior, C Beyrer, J Gerson, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Feminist Methodologies in Prison Health: Strategies for Successful Policy Change
NE Stoller
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Dignity for Women Prisoners
C Weinstein
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Program design, implementation and evaluation of women's prison health outreach services
delivered by peer educators
DP Scott, C Gish
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Co-payment policy: Impact on the health of women prisoners
A Fisher
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Promoting healthy public policies for California's women prisoners:
A media advocacy plan
J  Waggett
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Woman and prison: working prevention of the HIV/STD/AIDS in the Jail
Lima M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Voices in connection: HIV+ women speak out to women in prison! listen
to the women speak! let their stories and words resound in you!
S J Walker, M J Fink, P J Dole, A Lang
 (14IAC)
 Abstract
General Healthcare Services/Needs
 
      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Treatment outcomes for female offenders: Relationship to number of Axis I diagnoses.
Sacks JY, McKendrick K, Hamilton Z, et al 
Behav Sci Law. 2008 Aug 5;26(4):413-434.
Abstract
 
The health needs of imprisoned female juvenile offenders: the views of the young women
prisoners and youth justice professionals.
Douglas N, Plugge E.
 Int J Prison Health. 2008 Jun;4(2):66-76.
 Abstract
 
Preventive Care for Women in Prison: A Qualitative Community Health
Assessment of the Papanicolaou Test and Follow-Up Treatment at a
California State Women's Prison
Magee CG, Hult JR,  Turalba R,S McMillan S   
Am J Public Health 2005;95 1712-1717
 Abstract

Complex physical and mental health needs of rural incarcerated women.
Kane M, DiBartolo M.
Issues Ment Health Nurs 2002 Apr-May;23(3):209-29
 Abstract

Comprehensive medical care among HIV-positive incarcerated women: the Rhode
Island experience.
Farley JL, Mitty JA, Lally MA, et al
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 2000 Jan-Feb;9(1):51-6
 Abstract

  
Pregnancy
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Within prisons, is there an association between the quantity of prenatal care and infant birthweight?
Howard DL, Strobino D, Sherman S, Crum R.   
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2008 Jul;22(4):369-78.
 Abstract
 
Timing of Incarceration During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: Exploring Racial Differences.
Howard DL, Strobino D, Sherman SG, Crum RM. 
Matern Child Health J. 2008 Jun 17
 Abstract
 
The lived experience of mothering after prison: The preliminary study.
Hayes MO. 
J Forensic Nurs. 2008;4(2):61-7.
 Abstract
 
Development of an educational/support group for pregnant women in prison.
Ferszt GG, Erickson-Owens DA.  
J Forensic Nurs. 2008;4(2):55-60.
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
The outcomes of pregnancy among imprisoned women: a systematic review.
 Knight M, Plugge E.
BJOG. 2005 Nov;112(11):1467-74.
 Abstract
 
Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women.
Resch S, Altice FL, Paltiel AD. 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Feb 1;38(2):163-173
 Abstract
 
Jail incarceration and birth outcomes.
Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Cawthon ML, et al    
J Urban Health. 2004 Dec;81(4):630-44.
 Abstract

Improving pregnancy outcome during imprisonment: a model residential care program.
Siefert K, Pimlott S.
Soc Work 2001 Apr;46(2):125-34
 Abstract
Pregnancy outcomes of inmates in a large county jail setting.
Mertens DJ.
Public Health Nurs 2001 Jan;18(1):45-53
 Abstract

Birth outcome in incarcerated, high-risk pregnant women.
 Kyei-Aboagye K, Vragovic O, Chong D.
 J Reprod Med 2000 Mar;45(3):190-4
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Pregnant and imprisoned in the United States.
 Amnesty International.
Birth 2000 Dec;27(4):266-271
 Paper

Pregnant teens in prison. Prevalence, management, and consequences.
 Breuner CC, Farrow JA.
West J Med 1995 Apr;162(4):328-30
 Abstract
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Pregnant and Incarcerated
R Rothrock, OM Lederer, S Davis
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
Women with Babies
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Mothers with their babies in prison: The first Italian experience.
Ferrara P, Emmanuele V, Nicoletti A, et al
Arch Dis Child. 2006 Sep 1;
 Abstract
Risk Behaviors
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Neurological function and HIV risk behaviors of female prison inmates.
Brewer-Smyth K, Bucurescu G, et al
J Neurosci Nurs. 2007 Dec;39(6):361-72
 Abstract
 
Aggressors against women in prison and in the community: an exploratory study of
a differential profile.
Fernandez-Montalvo J, Echeburua E, Amor PJ.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2005 Apr;49(2):158-67
 Abstract

The interrelationship between violence, HIV/AIDS, and drug use in incarcerated women.
Harris RM, Sharps PW, Allen K, et al 
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 2003 Jan-Feb;14(1):27-40
 Abstract

  
     
  HIV and AIDS Risk Behaviors Among Female Jail Detainees:Implications for Public
Health Policy.
McClelland GM, Teplin LA, Abram KM et al.
Am J Public Health 2002 May;92(5):818-25
 Abstract
 		  
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Women in prison: The need for effective public health interventions targeting HIV-risk
behaviors and mental health problems  
 K Clements-Nolle,  MR Wolden, J Bargmann-Losche
 (133 APHA)
Abstract|
 
The vulnerability of female Brazilian prisoners in (of) HIV infection
obtained through sexual and parenteral behavior measurements
E Massad, L Strazza, H B Carvalho, R S Azevedo
(15IAC)
 Abstract
 
HIV risk behavior and the emerging use of illicit OxyContin among women prisoners
C G Leukefeld, M Staton-Tindall, A Mateyoke-Scrivner, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Mental Health
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The impact of child abuse on dissociative symptoms :a study of incarcerated women.
Roe-Sepowitz D, Bedard LE, Pate K, et al 
J Trauma Dissociation. 2007;8(3):7-26.
 Abstract
 
Revalidating the brief jail mental health screen to increase accuracy for women.
Steadman HJ, Robbins PC, Islam T, Osher FC.
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Dec;58(12):1598-601.
 Abstract
 
Validity of factors of the psychopathy checklist revised in female prisoners: discriminant
relations with antisocial behavior, substance abuse, and personality.
Kennealy PJ, Hicks BM, Patrick CJ. 
Assessment. 2007 Dec;14(4):323-40.
 Abstract
 
Short-Term Psychological Adjustment of Female Prison Inmates on a Minimum Security
Unit.
Islam-Zwart KA, Vik PW, Rawlins KS.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12;
Abstract
 
Health, Mental Health, Substance Use, and Service Utilization Among Rural and Urban
Incarcerated Women.
Staton-Tindall M, Duvall JL, Leukefeld C, Oser CB.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 6;
 Abstract
 
Nursing interventions for parasuicidal behaviors in female offenders.
Roth B, Presse L.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2003 Sep;41(9):20-9.
 Abstract
 
Group therapy for incarcerated women who experienced interpersonal violence: a
pilot study.
Bradley RG, Follingstad DR.
J Trauma Stress. 2003 Aug;16(4):337-40.
Abstract

Complex physical and mental health needs of rural incarcerated women.
 Kane M, DiBartolo M.
Issues Ment Health Nurs 2002 Apr-May;23(3):209-29
 Abstract
 
Lifetime use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services by incarcerated
women felons.
 Jordan BK, Federman EB, Burns BJ. et al.
 Psychiatr Serv 2002 Mar;53(3):317-25     
Abstract
 

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
  Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use among Incarcerated Women in Brazil
EA. Reed, F Caminha, G Falb, D Cook
 *135 APHA)
 Abstract
Substance Use/Treatment
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Gender differences in comorbid disorders among offenders in prison substance abuse treatment programs.
Zlotnick C, Clarke JG, Friedmann PD, et al
 Behav Sci Law. 2008 Aug 5;26(4):403-412.
 Abstract
 
The Relationship of Stress, Impulsivity, and Beliefs to Drug Use Severity in a Sample of
Women Prison Inmates.
 Mooney JL, Minor KI, Wells JB, et al
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Nov 26
Abstract
 
A pilot study of group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in substance-abusing female
prisoners.
Johnson JE, Zlotnick C. 
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007 Jul 12
 Abstract
 
Health, Mental Health, Substance Use, and Service Utilization Among Rural and Urban
Incarcerated Women.
 Staton-Tindall M, Duvall JL, Leukefeld C, Oser CB.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 6;
 Abstract
 
Treatment Needs and Completion of Community-Based Aftercare Among Substance-
Abusing Women Offenders.
Grella CE, Greenwell L. 
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 1;
 Abstract
 
The role of antisocial and borderline personality features in substance dependence
among incarcerated females.
Chapman AL, Cellucci T.   
Addict Behav. 2006 Sep 6;
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Lifetime use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services by incarcerated
women felons.
 Jordan BK, Federman EB, Burns BJ. et al.
Psychiatr Serv 2002 Mar;53(3):317-25     
Paper
 
Health service utilization and victimization among incarcerated female substance users.
Staton M,  Leukefeld C, Logan TK.
Subst Use Misuse 2001 May-Jun;36(6-7):701-16
 Abstract
 
Gender differences among prisoners in drug treatment
 Langan NP, Pelissier BM.
 J Subst Abuse 2001;13(3):291-301
 Abstract
 

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
  Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use among Incarcerated Women in Brazil
EA. Reed, F Caminha, G Falb, D Cook
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract

Violence
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Extensive Sexual Violation and Sexual Abuse Histories of Incarcerated Women.
McDaniels-Wilson C, Belknap J.  
Violence Against Women. 2008 Aug 28.
 Abstract
 
Prevalence and patterns of sexual assault across the life span among incarcerated women.
Raj A, Rose J, Decker MR, Rosengard C, et al
Violence Against Women. 2008 May;14(5):528-41.
 Abstract
 
Characteristics and predictors of self-mutilation: a study of incarcerated women.
Roe-Sepowitz D.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2007;17(5):312-21.
 Abstract

The Association Between History of Violence and HIV Risk A Cross-Sectional Study
of HIV-Negative Incarcerated Women in Connecticut.
Ravi A, Blankenship KM, Altice FL 
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12
 Abstract
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
  Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use among Incarcerated Women in Brazil
EA. Reed, F Caminha, G Falb, D Cook
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
Psychosocial Challenges
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The psychosocial issues of women serving time in jail
Singer MI, Bussey J, Song LY, Lunghofer L.  
 Soc Work 1995  Jan;40(1):103-13
 Abstract

Discharge Planning
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Nursing care partnerships with women leaving jail. Effects on health and crime.
Maeve MK.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2003 Sep;41(9):30-40.
 Abstract

Reintegrating women leaving jail into urban communities: a description of a model
program.
Richie BE, Freudenberg N, Page J.
J Urban Health 2001 Jun;78(2):290-303
 Abstract
 

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster

 
Discharge planning with pregnant inmates in a New York City jail
Parisi D., Doyle P., Rogers P., Glaros R.
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
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