HLTHAGE 3Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Who, Solitary Confinement, Strip Search
16 Jan 2018
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Health, safety and security of the incarcerated
Defining key terms:
• Health: Beig health refers to a holisti sese of ell-being (CDC, 2014)
• Unhealthy: to be unhealthy then refers to a lack of holistic well-being
• Quality of life: refers to the sujetie ealuatios of oth positie ad egatie
aspets of life
Health-related quality of life
• According to the Merck Manual (2013), the health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
includes the following dimensions:
• 1. being in a state of physical health
• 2. being in a state of emotional wellness
• 3. engagement in activities of daily living
• 4. sustaining relationships with others (family, friends)
• 5. social engagement
• 6. assuming financial responsibility
• 7. engagement in sexual activities and bodily are activities
• According to the WHO (2014), well-eig refers to a state: …i hih eer idiidual
realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work
productively and fruitfully, and is able to ake a otriutio to her or his ouit
• The CDC (2013) sees well-eig as a positie outoe hih reeals that people
pereie that their lies are goig ell
• Therefore well-eig = oerall satisfatio ith life ad iludes gloal
judgeets of life satisfatio ad feeligs ragig fro depressio to jo
• Binswanger et al., (2011: 98-99) outlines some of the health difficulties experienced by
the incarcerated. Importantly, they argue that iates eperiee ...higher urde of
hroi diseases tha the o-incarcerated (ibid: 99), including:
• Co-morbidities
• Cardiovascular health problems
• Respiratory health problems
• Higher rates of cancer, especially cervical cancer
• Substance abuse disorders
• poor mental health
• victims of abuse and violence
• increased rates of HIV, TB and Hep C
• experiencing inmate violence
Health in Canadian prisons
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Document Summary
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