Author(s):
Bonato, Patrícia de Paula Queiroz ; Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena ; Maulide Cane, Réka ; Craveiro, Isabel
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/173146
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): educational initiatives; health education; people released from prison; prisoners; prisons; Leadership and Management; Health Policy; Health Informatics; Health Information Management; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Description
Funding Information: Funding: P.d.P.Q.B., R.M.C. and I.C. were supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM–UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL-LA/P/0117/2020. P.d.P.Q.B. was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 and by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Funding Information: Acknowledgments: We would like to acknowledge Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES) for the funding granted for the internationalization of the project that originated this review study and made academic partnerships possible. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM–UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL–LA/P/0117/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.
Due to the selectiveness of criminal systems and the context of social vulnerability, there is a high prevalence of health problems among individuals with a history of incarceration. When there is an insufficient level of health care, prior clinical conditions can worsen, and health education can be a response to this problem. Health education is a process of building health knowledge that is intended to facilitate thematic appropriation by the population that enables people to access, understand, and use health-related information for health improvement. In the context of criminal justice, health education can contribute to the successful transition of people who have experienced prison from their custody to the community setting. This study aimed to identify, synthesize, and critically evaluate peer-reviewed evidence concerning health education initiatives developed during or after incarceration aimed at people released from prison. A narrative review methodology was used to analyze 19 studies about health education interventions for prisoners or people who were arrested. Initiatives were identified in five countries, which showed differences in approaches, with motivational interviewing and group sessions standing out in the studies. All of them were grouped into the following themes: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, alcohol, opioids and other substances, tuberculosis, and women’s health. We have not performed a quality assessment of the studies included (using checklists such as PRISMA, AMSTAR, or SANRA) as this study is a narrative review and was not intended to be a systematic review or meta-analysis. This review has the potential impact of informing future health education initiatives and policies for individuals transitioning from prison.
