Moving prison health promotion along: towards an integrative framework for action to develop health promotion and tackle the social determinants of health

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Playwork in prison as a mechanism to support family health and well-being

“…While prison health management has traditionally been typified by reactionary physical care underpinned by a biomedical philosophy, a more holistic recognition is emerging in relation to the wider determinants of prisoners' health (Ramaswamy and Freudenberg, 2007). This includes a greater focus on the principles enshrined in the Ottawa Charter (WHO, 1986) with emphasis given ton the role of families in developing healthy prison policy and in creating supportive environments for health (Woodall et al, 2014a).…”

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

“…There is a paucity of literature on how to design prisons to be health promoting, and what is there largely focuses on behavioral and environmental approaches to benefit the health of inmates with little reference to salutogenesis (Dilani, 2001;Woodall, de Viggiani, Dixey, & South, 2014) In 2006, CPH-NEW received a request from union leaders in a state corrections system for help in addressing serious health problems being experienced by correctional officers and supervisors and hence sought out new field sites at which to conduct research-to-practice studies on integrated health protection and promotion programs. After determining there was a lack of prior research in this area, CPH-NEW conducted field studies at two matched correctional institutions with the overall goal of assessing if a program that engaged correctional officers in the participatory design of workplace interventions would be more effective than a conventional program in which interventions are introduced in a top-down manner by health professionals.…”

Promoting health and well-being in prisons: an analysis of one year’s prison inspection reports

“…Others have discussed the challenge of 'lifestyle drift' in prisons (Woodall, 2016) with various factors reported in regard to why this may be a preferred approachthe ease of delivery and evaluation being a prime example (Carey, Malbon, Crammond, Pescud, & Baker, 2016). Given our analysis, we would strongly advocate for a broader conceptualisation of prison health and well-being and we have outlined how this may be done elsewhere (Woodall, De Viggiani, Dixey, & South, 2014). Other authors have advocated a similar position (Marshall, Simpson, & Stevens, 2000) and this would include retaining some of the current criteria, including peer intervention and interventions that are strategic and comprehensive, rather than opportunistic.…”

“…Given broader evidence, that peer support in prison offers a myriad of benefits it is surprising that this approach was not more common (indeed, some prisons were actively ceasing this mode of intervention). Moreover, within the inspection reports, there was no standardisation across the peer schemes and there was considerable heterogeneity in the range of peer-based interventions in the prison setting (South et al, 2014).…”