Health of female prisoners in Brazil

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ID16828296
AutoresManuel Leal (0000-0003-4318-552X, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Marto Leal (Universidade Federal do Ceará), Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr (0000-0003-4941-408X, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Rosa Salani Mota (0000-0002-3347-8372, UFC, Brazil), Roberto Da Justa Pires Neto (0000-0003-0291-9523, Universidade Federal do Ceará), David W Seal (0000-0002-5802-7148, Tulane University), C Kendall (0000-0002-0794-4333, Tulane University)
Ano2022
Volume27
Fascículo12
Páginas4521-4529
Data de publicação2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-812320222712.10222022
PMID36383865
OpenAlexW4308984215
SCIELO_PIDS1413-81232022001204521
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas34

The majority of the women in prisons comes from the poorest strata of society with limited access to education, income and health services. This contributes to the fact that female prisoners have a higher burden of adverse health events than both male prisoners and women in general population We objectived to estimate the prevalence of different morbidities and risk factors among female prisoners in Brazil. A total of 1,327 women were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Data were collected using a using audio computer-assisted self-interviewing questionnaire, rapid antibody tests and physical examination. The higher prevalences was of syphilis, infection sexually disease, arterial hypertense, asthma, common mental disorders and severe physical violence. Regarding risk factors, 36.3% have good knowledge about HIV, 55.8% were smokers, 72.3% had ever used any illicit drug, 92.1% are sedentary and 92.1% maintained an unhealthy diet. Female prisoners are disproportionately affected by various adverse health conditions. There is a need for an effective surveillance system inside prisons for early diagnosis and treatment

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Mental health · Population · Psychiatry · Syphilis · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Medicine · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Gerontology