Reaching out: caring for women prisoners in Western Australia

Abstract

Incarcerated women are a vulnerable group with complex needs in pregnancy, birth and early parenting; and this is further complicated with a drug and/or alcohol addiction. Prior to the establishment of an antenatal outreach clinic in a Western Australian prison for women, pregnant inmates received fragmented antenatal care. Some of the women did not disclose drug and alcohol issues for fear of involvement of child protection services, and some refused to be transported for care to maternity hospitals for antenatal appointments.

RAS ID

19103

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2015

Location of the Work

United Kingdom

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Comments

Geraghty, S. (2015). Reaching out: caring for women prisoners in Western Australia. The Practising Midwife, 18(1), 26-28. Available here.

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