Abstract

Research about pregnant women in jail is scant. This exploratory study begins to fill this gap by examining the demographics; background characteristics; and self-reported physical health, mental health, and substance use challenges reported by 27 pregnant women incarcerated in a large midwestern county jail. It further reports on the prenatal care before and during their incarceration, plans of these pregnant women for delivery of their child, caring for their infant after their release from jail, and their expectations of paternal or family support post-release. Among the sample, 66.7 percent reported a physical health care problem, 48.2 percent had received mental health treatment, and 18.5 percent had substance use treatment in the previous year, but only 51.9 percent had seen a health care professional before their incarceration. All women expected the father of their child to provide financial support, but only 76.9 percent expected the father to be involved with the child. The authors also discuss implications of the findings for jail health care services and reintegration policy and practice for pregnant women.

中文翻译：

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仅限默默无闻：监狱中孕妇的健康挑战。

摘要

关于监狱中孕妇的研究很少。这项探索性研究通过检查人口统计学来填补这一空白。背景特征；以及自称报告的身体健康，心理健康和药物使用方面的挑战，这是由27名在中西部县级大型监狱关押的孕妇所报告的。报告进一步报告了被监禁之前和期间的产前保健，这些孕妇的分娩计划，从监狱释放后照顾婴儿的计划以及释放后对父母或家庭的期望。在样本中，有66.7％的人报告了身体保健问题，有48.2％的人接受过精神保健治疗，前一年有18.5％的人使用过吸毒治疗，但只有51.9％的人在被监禁之前就医过专业人士。所有妇女都希望孩子的父亲提供经济支持，但只有76.9％的人希望父亲与孩子有关系。作者还讨论了研究结果对监狱保健服务以及孕妇重返社会政策和做法的影响。