Perrett Stephanie E, Gray Benjamin J, G L, E D, Brooks Neville J
Health Protection Division, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Policy, Research and Evaluation Division, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Int J Prison Health. 2019 Sep 11;16(1):78-92. doi: 10.1108/IJPH-03-2019-0019.
Those in prison have expert knowledge of issues affecting their health and wellbeing. The purpose of this paper is to report on work undertaken with male prisoners. This paper presents learning and findings from the process of engaging imprisoned men as peer researchers.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The peer researcher approach offers an emic perspective to understand the experience of being in prison. The authors established the peer research role as an educational initiative at a long-stay prison in Wales, UK to determine the feasibility of engaging imprisoned men as peer researchers. Focus groups, interviews and questionnaires were used by the peer researchers to identify the health and wellbeing concerns of men in prison.
The project positively demonstrated the feasibility of engaging imprisoned men as peer researchers. Four recurring themes affecting health and wellbeing for men in a prison vulnerable persons unit were identified: communication, safety, respect and emotional needs. Themes were inextricably linked demonstrating the complex relationships between prison and health.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This was the first prison peer-research project to take place in Wales, UK. It demonstrates the value men in prison can play in developing the evidence base around health and wellbeing in prison, contributing to changes within the prison to improve health and wellbeing for all.
服刑人员对影响自身健康和福祉的问题有着专业知识。本文旨在报告与男性囚犯开展的工作。本文介绍了让被监禁男性担任同伴研究员过程中的经验和发现。
设计/方法/途径：同伴研究员方法提供了一种主位视角来理解入狱体验。作者在英国威尔士的一所长期服刑监狱将同伴研究角色确立为一项教育举措，以确定让被监禁男性担任同伴研究员的可行性。同伴研究员通过焦点小组、访谈和问卷调查来确定狱中男性对健康和福祉的担忧。
该项目有力地证明了让被监禁男性担任同伴研究员的可行性。确定了影响监狱弱势群体单元中男性健康和福祉的四个反复出现的主题：沟通、安全、尊重和情感需求。这些主题紧密相连，显示出监狱与健康之间的复杂关系。
原创性/价值：这是英国威尔士开展的首个监狱同伴研究项目。它展示了狱中男性在围绕监狱健康和福祉建立证据基础方面可以发挥的价值，有助于监狱内部做出改变以改善所有人的健康和福祉。
