Article
Self Care management in Corrections: Perspectives from Persons with an Incarceration Experience
Journal of Forensic Nursing
(2017)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and beliefs of what self-care management looks like
for a person with an incarceration experience. This is the first phase of a two-phase study. This qualitative study,
held in three county jails in Massachusetts, utilized a focus group methodology. The Rediscovery of Self-Care:
A Care Intervention for Persons with Incarceration Experience (RSC) model served as the framework for this
study. On the basis of a priori constructs from the RSC model, a protocol was established and targeted questions
outlined. The results from these focus groups support the constructs of the RSC model. Participants in all
focus group interviews reported that self-care was very important and defined self-care, most of the time, in
terms of meeting physical needs such as exercising and eating healthy and, more importantly, self-identified
mental health and substance use needs such as individual or group counseling. In conclusion, open-ended
questions used to identify all instances of potential categories of self-care management supported the central
concepts of the RSC model and will inform treatment interventions and modification of an existing self-care
management instrument or provide the foundation for the development of a new instrument.
Keywords
- Corrections; health; jails; self-care; self-care management
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer July, 2017
Citation Information
Annette Maruca, Kimberly Dion, Adrial Lobelo, Olivia Ampiah Bonney, et al.. "Self Care management in Corrections: Perspectives from Persons with an Incarceration Experience" Journal of Forensic Nursing Vol. 13 Iss. 3 (2017) p. 126 - 134 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/donna_zucker/34/