A Syndemic Model of Women Incarcerated in Community Jails

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-125

  Kelly, Patricia J ^a   Cheng, An Lin ^a   Spencer Carver, Elaine ^a   Ramaswamy, Megha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarcerated women; Syndemic; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCARCERATED WOMEN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SYNDEMIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

INCARCERATED WOMEN; SYNDEMIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84895176569     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12056     Document Type: Article

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