Grassley Jane S, Ward Melissa, Shelton Kate
Nurs Womens Health. 2019 Oct;23(5):433-439. doi: 10.1016/j.nwh.2019.07.005. Epub 2019 Aug 23.
Women of childbearing age make up a growing segment of the prison population; many are pregnant while incarcerated. The care this population has received during pregnancy often has been characterized by inattention to nutritional needs, failure to provide for safe sleeping in lower bunks, and lack of childbirth education. These women may be unprepared for childbirth and the early postpartum period. To improve care for these women, staff from a health system and a correctional center collaborated to develop an infrastructure that offered supportive care to incarcerated childbearing women in their community. Organizational policies and processes were aligned to promote a normal birth and early postpartum experience for incarcerated women and provide them with opportunities to bond with their newborns. Family-centered care offers incarcerated women the opportunity to be mothers rather than simply prisoners giving birth.
育龄女性在监狱人口中所占比例日益增加；许多人在服刑期间怀孕。这一群体在孕期所得到的护理往往存在诸多问题，比如忽视营养需求、未提供下铺安全睡眠条件以及缺乏分娩教育。这些女性可能对分娩和产后早期毫无准备。为改善对这些女性的护理，一家医疗系统和一所惩教中心的工作人员合作建立了一个基础设施，为社区内被监禁的育龄女性提供支持性护理。组织政策和流程进行了调整，以促进被监禁女性的正常分娩和产后早期体验，并为她们提供与新生儿建立亲密关系的机会。以家庭为中心的护理让被监禁女性有机会成为母亲，而不仅仅是分娩的囚犯。
