Faculty Practice and Health Promotion in a Community Correctional Facility

Abstract

Faculty practice and health promotion are topics of interest to nursing faculty to prepare students and themselves for the future. Health promotion with vulnerable populations is a focus for the 21st century health care delivery system. Faculty practice emphasizing health promotion with a vulnerable population meets the needs of faculty as they strive to meet personal and professional goals. The development of a faculty practice serving a vulnerable population represented by clients in a community corrections facility will be described. Scope of practice, the development of a research focus, teaching approaches, and future initiatives are presented.

Advanced Practice Nursing Education: Challenges and Strategies

“…The development of community partnerships with a service-learning framework can provide APRN students with innovative opportunities to engage in health promotion, physical and mental health assessments, and intervention with individuals who might not otherwise receive healthcare services in a given setting. For example, assignment of students to a correctional facility could offer students the opportunity to engage with individuals in need of health assessment or behavioral intervention [48], even in the absence of a formally organized on-site health clinic. Assigning students to work with clients through a variety of community agencies can enhance learning opportunities for APRN students and improve care for individuals seeking nonhealthcare services such as meal delivery or day care [49].…”

Community Health Services for Returning Jail and Prison Inmates

“…This model seems well-suited to smaller cities with a limited number of service providers but may be difficult to implement in the jail systems in the largest cities where dozens or hundreds of health care providers serve returning inmates. Partnerships have included hospitals, county health departments, academic medical centers, community and mental health centers (e.g., see Appelbaum, Manning, & Noonan, 2002;Arriola et al, 2001;Faiver, 1998;Sadler, Huff, & Harrigan, 2000).…”

Investigation of the Correlates and Effectiveness of a Prison-Based Wellness Program

“…The number of inmates in the United States has increased dramatically in recent years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2001; Freudenberg, 2001). This growing prison population is disproportionately minority (Freudenberg, 2001; Sadler, Huff, & Harrigan, 2000) and is well recognized as having a higher prevalence of various health problems, such as substance abuse, infectious disease, mental health problems, chronic disease, and reproductive and sexual health problems, as compared to the general population (Freudenberg, 2001). High-risk health behaviors, lack of access to continuous medical care, lower educational levels, and low socioeconomic status before incarceration contribute to this higher prevalence of disease among inmates (Curd, Winter, & Connell, 2007).…”

“…Health promotion involves issues related to individual lifestyle and the environment in which potential changes can be enforced (Sadler et al, 2000). Addressing health issues among inmates has the potential to meet individual needs as well as those of the community (Freudenberg, 2001; Sadler et al, 2000).…”

“…Health promotion involves issues related to individual lifestyle and the environment in which potential changes can be enforced (Sadler et al, 2000). Addressing health issues among inmates has the potential to meet individual needs as well as those of the community (Freudenberg, 2001; Sadler et al, 2000). Hammett (2001) sought to prove that correctional facilities are important settings for intervention because they allow for a population with a disproportionate burden of disease and a disproportionate effect of health risk behaviors to be efficiently reached.…”