Reproductive Health Care for Incarcerated Pregnant, Postpartum, and Nonpregnant Individuals

ACOG Committee Opinion No. 511: Health care for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women and adolescent females.

Clinicians who provide care for incarcerated women should be aware of the special health care needs of pregnant incarcerated women and the specific issues related to the use of restraints during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The use of restraints on pregnant incarcerated women and adolescents may not only compromise health care but is demeaning and rarely necessary.

Committee opinion No. 535: reproductive health care for incarcerated women and adolescent females.

Increasing numbers of women and adolescent females are incarcerated each year in the United States and they represent an increasing proportion of inmates in the U.S. correctional system. Incarcerated women and adolescent females often come from disadvantaged environments and have high rates of chronic illness, substance abuse, and undetected health problems. Most of these females are of reprodu...

The effect of education based on health belief model on postpartum care in pregnant women

The integrated postpartum care is the most important factor in the prevention and reduction of delivery complications. Despite the free services for pregnant women, mothers do not show their interest to use them as appropriate. Therefore, this research was carried out to determine the effect of training pregnant women based on health belief model (HBM) on increasing the use of postpartum health...

Trends in Marijuana Use Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Reproductive-Aged Women, 2002-2014.

Health care for incarcerated adolescents: significant needs with considerable obstacles.

In 1999 an estimated 717 036 juveniles were incarcerated in the United States [1]. Many youth remain in detention a short time while others convicted of serious crimes spend years incarcerated. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 mandated that youth not be housed with adults. Nonetheless, on June 30, 2000, an estimated 7600 youths were incarcerated in adult facilities [2...