Assessing the health of women in prison: a study from the United Kingdom
Assessing the health of women in prison: a study from the United Kingdom
The number of women imprisoned in the United Kingdom is rising rapidly, but there is little research on their health and well-being. We could find no studies in which the researchers had used measures of subjective health status to gain a picture of the health of imprisoned women. This self-completed questionnaire study aimed to explore the usefulness of the Short Form 36 (SF-36) in a general female prison population. The scores of imprisoned women for all but 3 of the 8 dimensions were significantly lower than those for women in the social class with the worst health in the United Kingdom, confirming the very poor mental and physical health of this population.
Adult, Attitude to Health, Female, Health Status, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Prisoners/statistics & numerical data, Prisons, Quality of Life, Social Class, Surveys and Questionnaires, United Kingdom, Women's Health
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Plugge, Emma
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Fitzpatrick, Ray
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Plugge, Emma
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Fitzpatrick, Ray
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Plugge, Emma and Fitzpatrick, Ray
(2006)
Assessing the health of women in prison: a study from the United Kingdom.
Health Care for Women International, 26 (1), .
(doi:10.1080/07399330590885768).
Abstract
The number of women imprisoned in the United Kingdom is rising rapidly, but there is little research on their health and well-being. We could find no studies in which the researchers had used measures of subjective health status to gain a picture of the health of imprisoned women. This self-completed questionnaire study aimed to explore the usefulness of the Short Form 36 (SF-36) in a general female prison population. The scores of imprisoned women for all but 3 of the 8 dimensions were significantly lower than those for women in the social class with the worst health in the United Kingdom, confirming the very poor mental and physical health of this population.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 December 2003
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 August 2006
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Adult, Attitude to Health, Female, Health Status, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Prisoners/statistics & numerical data, Prisons, Quality of Life, Social Class, Surveys and Questionnaires, United Kingdom, Women's Health
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/485316
ISSN: 0739-9332
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