1st Edition

Health and Health Promotion in Prisons

By Michael Ross Copyright 2013
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

The impact of the United Nations "Healthy Prisons" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations. This invaluable book discusses the many health and medical issues that arise or are introduced into prisons from the perspective of both inmates and prison staff. Health and Health Promotion in Prison places key issues in prison healthcare... Read more

Foreword  Lord Ramsbotham  1. The Need for Correctional Public Health and Health Promotion  2. Health in Prisons: A Brief Historical Perspective  3. Approaching Health and Human Rights in Prison: Comparing England-Wales and the European Court of Human Rights, and the United States  4. The Resurrection of the Body in Penology: Prison Health Care as Physical Punishment in a Twentieth Century US Correctional System  5. On Giving Good Care to Bad People: Examining the Principles of Prison Health Care  6. Pedagogy for prisoners: An Approach to Peer Health Education for Inmates  7. Prison Staff Occupational Health and Safety and its Relationship with Inmate Health  8 . Ensuring Health in Prison and Achieving Healthy Prisons: The TECH model  9. Mental Health and Treatment in Prisons: Hospitals of Last Resort or Rehabilitation?

Biography

Michael Ross is Professor of Public Health at the University of Texas, USA.