210715 New Developments Require New Approaches for Women in Prison

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 9:30 AM

Nancy E. Stoller, PhD , Department of Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
The Kiev Declaration on Women's Health in Prison sets achievable international standards of care for incarcerated women and their children. Two speakers present very different approaches to these standards, one in which the state provides a well-funded mother-child program, the other in which prisoners take on important advocacy, planning, and service delivery roles. This critique explores the possibilities and limits of the declaration and these approaches, given the global economic and political changes of 2008-9.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss critically gender specific programs for women in prison including mother-infant and harm reduction programs.

Keywords: Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Prisoners Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Retired professor UC Santa Cruz, expert in women in prison
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

See more of: Women in Prison-Mothers in Prison: A WHO Response and a Critique
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