Pre–Post Release Health in US Adult Male Convicts

Brown, Stephen L.; Xie, Yue; Scarbrough, Amanda W.

doi:10.1080/01488376.2018.1487362

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“…Individuals who have been incarcerated experience much poorer health than the general population as evidenced by higher total rates of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and asthma (Brown et al., 2019) and overall higher rates of disability when compared to the general population (Maruschak et al., 2021; Reingle Gonzalez et al., 2016), making them a particularly marginalized population experiencing difficulties post‐incarceration (Baloch & Jennings, 2018; Harley et al., 2014). An individual's overall health status should be considered in reentry research and has implications for achieving prosocial roles including work, financial stability, and family relationships (Link et al., 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The experience of reintegration into the community following incarceration poses both health and employment challenges (Brown et al., 2019; Harding et al., 2019) demonstrating a need for health‐informed reentry services to aid individuals after release (Link et al., 2019). Reintegration encompasses tangible connections to the community work, education, housing, and community organization (Hunter et al., 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Community integration as reentry: Understanding functioning, vocational identity, and core self‐evaluations

Brehmer

Strauser

2023

The Career Development Quart

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Individuals who have experienced incarceration are an underserved population in need of career development to reduce barriers to employment. Given the high rates of disability and health concerns for individuals who have been previously incarcerated, this study explored the relationships between individual health functioning, vocational identity, core self‐evaluations, and community integration. Using structural equation modeling structural regression, results showed that functional difficulties negatively impact vocational identity and core self‐evaluations. Conversely, core self‐evaluations significantly improve community integration and mediate a positive relationship between vocational identity and community integration. Career development activities aimed at core self‐evaluations and increasing meaning in employment may reduce some of the barriers experienced by individuals post incarceration.

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