PRISONS HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE Flashcards
1
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definition of health
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health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
2
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health promoting prisons
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- mental health promotion and wellbeing
- smoking cessation
- healthy eating and nutrition
- health lifestyle
- drug and other substance abuse
3
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health in prison project
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- safe
- secure
- reforming and health promoting
- grounded in decency and respect for human right
4
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deprivation factors
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- stress of incarceration
- living confinement
- physical environment
- boredom
- restriction over health promoting behaviours
- isolation from friends and family
5
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3 predominant health focuses
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- health assessment on entry
- services in prison (GP, nurses, pharmacists, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, drug workers, dentists, opticians)
- better health on release
6
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health needs before prison
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- mental health
- drug use
- lifestyle behaviours
- chronic conditions
- infectious diseases
- smoking
