[The Medical Social Efficiency of Joint Confinement of Mother and Child in Place of Imprisonment].

The article, on the basis of the results of study of 2016, analyzes a comparative medical social effect of conjoint and separate residing of mother and child in the Children's Homes of the Penal Enforcement System. The materials of study consisted of original observations while working in the given system, data of reports of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia concerning medical care of women and children in 2011-2015 and data of address requests to the Children's homes under correctional facility in 2013 and 2015. The experience of functioning of the Children's homes of penitentiary system is summarized. The positive effect of conjoint keeping to indices of coverage with breast feeding is established. The coverage of natural and mixed feeding amounted to 65% in Children's Homes, including 83% in Children's Homes with conjoint residing of mother and child in Children's Homes and in other Children's Homes -- 43% (p<0.05). In 2015, a single refusal of child by condemned mother occurred in Children's Homes, while in 2013 there were 4 of such refusals (p<0.05). In Children homes with extended department of conjoint residence primary morbidity of children made up to 1,679‰ and in comparison, group -- 2014‰ that is reliably higher (p<0.05). According data of primary morbidity occurred decreasing of pool of diseases of respiratory organs from 1,002 to 872 per 1,000 children due to brining into operation of dormitory of conjoint residence of mother and child. This occurrence resulted in decreasing per 12% of number of hospitalizations by emergency indications. The conjoint residence of condemned mother and newborn results in harmonious growth, physical, neuropsychic development of child and also in development of motherhood feelings that is an important factor of re-socialization of the condemned woman. It is proposed to introduce normatively obligatory conjoint residence of mother and child in Children's homes of the Penal Enforcement System.