Incarcerated Women, Parenting, and HIV Risk

被监禁的妇女、养育子女和艾滋病毒风险

基本信息

批准号：
7064078
负责人：
CATHERINE I, PHD, FOGEL
金额：
$ 21.59万
依托单位：
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2006-03-01 至 2008-02-29
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): More than 96,000 women are currently in state and federal prisons, and their numbers are increasing dramatically. Between 70% and 90% of these women are mothers, the majority of whom were primary caretakers of their minor children prior to incarceration. Women who become incarcerated are at high risk for contracting HIV given their histories of sex work, multiple concurrent partners, exchange of sex for drugs, and numerous sexually transmitted diseases. Of note, children may be an important motivator for an incarcerated woman, serving as reason for her to change and as a driving force behind her rehabilitation. As the average sentence for incarcerated women is approximately 6 months and recidivism is common, movement between prison and home community is frequent. Women leaving prisons face a number of challenges upon community re-entry including reunification with their children, resumption of maternal roles and duties, and a host of exigent needs such as obtaining assistance with housing and finances, and managing interpersonal issues. Finally, because released inmates generally return to their home communities, women who were incarcerated for crimes related to HIV risk behaviors often return to the environments in which they are at risk for HIV infection. Unfortunately, very few comprehensive programs are designed either to limit HIV risk upon release or to manage the intricacies of family re-unification. The proposed study will assess the needs of incarcerated women regarding parenting, family re-unification and HIV risk-reduction; evaluate community resources; and assess a parenting program for prison mothers. The study will provide the knowledge needed to develop a large scale intervention that reduces the HIV risk in women prisoners, facilitates their successful reentry into the community, and strengthens family ties. The study will follow 3 cohorts of 20 women each through the Prison Match parenting program to release from prison and re-unification with their families. Women, their children, and their children's caretakers will be assessed at entry into the program (i.e. immediately prior to the parenting classes), at the end of the classes, during the period of parent-child visits, and approximately 1 and 3 months following release from prison. In addition to assessing the needs of these incarcerated women and their families, we will also characterize the resources available in the Communities to which they return. Data sources include an in-depth, semi- structured interview, survey questionnaires, a community assessment, and videotaped mother-child observations. Data will be collected at enrollment into the study (T1), during an in-prison mother-child visit (T2), and at 1 month (T3) and 3 months (T4) after release.

描述（由申请人提供）：目前有超过 96,000 名女性被关押在州和联邦监狱中，而且她们的人数正在急剧增加。这些妇女中有 70% 至 90% 是母亲，其中大多数在入狱前主要照顾未成年子女。鉴于她们的性工作史、多个并发伴侣、以性换毒以及多种性传播疾病，被监禁的妇女感染艾滋病毒的风险很高。值得注意的是，孩子可能是被监禁妇女的重要动力，是她改变的理由，也是她康复的动力。由于被监禁妇女的平均刑期约为 6 个月，而且累犯很常见，因此监狱和家庭社区之间的流动很频繁。出狱妇女重返社区后面临许多挑战，包括与孩子团聚、恢复母亲的角色和职责，以及获得住房和财务援助以及处理人际关系问题等一系列迫切需求。最后，由于刑满释放的囚犯通常会返回其家乡社区，因此因与艾滋病毒危险行为相关的犯罪而被监禁的妇女往往会返回她们面临艾滋病毒感染风险的环境。不幸的是，很少有全面的计划旨在限制释放后的艾滋病毒风险或管理家庭团聚的复杂问题。拟议的研究将评估被监禁妇女在养育子女、家庭团聚和降低艾滋病毒风险方面的需求；评估社区资源；并评估监狱母亲的育儿计划。该研究将提供制定大规模干预措施所需的知识，以降低女囚犯感染艾滋病毒的风险，促进她们成功重返社区，并加强家庭联系。该研究将跟踪 3 组（每组 20 名女性）通过监狱匹配育儿计划从监狱获释并与家人团聚的情况。妇女、她们的孩子及其孩子的看护人将在进入该计划时（即在育儿课程之前）、课程结束时、亲子探访期间以及之后大约 1 和 3 个月接受评估出狱。除了评估这些被监禁妇女及其家人的需求外，我们还将描述她们返回社区的可用资源。数据来源包括深入的半结构化访谈、调查问卷、社区评估和母子观察录像。数据将在加入研究时 (T1)、监狱内母子探视期间 (T2) 以及出狱后 1 个月 (T3) 和 3 个月 (T4) 时收集。