The role of the community health delivery system in the health and well-being of justice-involved women: a narrative review

Health & Justice

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[1] 0000 0001 2106 0692, grid.266515.3, Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1010 N. Kansas St., Ste 1406, 67214-3199, Wichita, KS, USA;0000 0001 2106 0692, grid.266515.3, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1010 N. Kansas Street, 67214, Wichita, KS, USA;0000 0001 2177 6375, grid.412016.0, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 1008, 66160, Kansas City, KS, USA;0000 0004 1936 8438, grid.266539.d, Department of Health Management & Policy, College of Public Health, The University of Kentucky, 111 Washington Avenue #201, 40536-0003, Lexington, KY, USA;

关键词: Justice-involved women;    Community health delivery system;    Justice;    Social services;    Healthcare;    Incarceration;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40352-019-0092-y

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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOver seven million imprisoned and jailed women are released into the community each year and many are ill-equipped to meet the challenges of re-integration. Upon release into their community, women are faced with uncertain barriers and challenges using community services to improve their health and well-being and reuniting with families. Few studies have identified and described the barriers of the community health delivery system (CHDS)- a complex set of social, justice, and healthcare organizations that provide community services aimed to improve the health and well-being (i.e. safety, health, the success of integration, and life satisfaction) of justice-involved women. We conducted a narrative review of peer-reviewed and gray literature to identify and describe the CHDS and the CHDS service delivery.ResultsPeer-reviewed and gray literature (n = 82) describing the CHDS organizations’ missions, incentives, goals, and services were coded in three domains, justice, social, and healthcare, to examine their service delivery to justice-involved women and their efforts to improve the health and well-being of justice-involved women.ConclusionsWe found that the CHDS is fragmented, identified gaps in knowledge about the CHDS that serves justice-involved women, and offer recommendations to reduce fragmentation and integrate service delivery aimed to improve the health and well-being of justice-involved women.

【 授权许可】

CC BY