PATIENT EDUCATION - A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY (FROM NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL CARE AND HEALTH SERVICES IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - SECOND, PROCEEDINGS, 1978 SEE NCJ-58532)

• NCJ Number: 58544
• Author(s): V B JONES
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: American Medical Assoc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION STANDARDS FOR INMATE HEALTH CARE REQUIRE THAT MEDICAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE BE PROVIDED TO INMATES. THIS IS SPECIFIED TO INCLUDE HEALTH EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO TAKE ADVANCE MEASURES AGAINST DISEASE AND INSTRUCTION IN SELF-CARE FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

Abstract

IN WORKING TOWARD FULFILLING THIS STANDARD, THE WISCONSIN STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY UNDERTOOK A HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM IN A PILOT JAIL. STEPS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS INCLUDED PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION, RESOURCES IDENTIFICATION, METHODOLOGY FOR PROBLEMSOLVING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION INCLUDED A HEALTH INTEREST SURVEY AND INTERVIEW WITH INMATES TO DETERMINE THEIR HEALTH EDUCATION INTERESTS. RESOURCE CONSIDERATIONS WERE IN THE CATEGORIES OF HUMAN, FINANCIAL, AND MATERIAL. THE JAIL COUNSELOR, A LOCAL COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR IN COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION, AND A STUDENT INTERN IN COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION WERE THE PERSONNEL RESOURCES. THE ONLY COST TO THE JAIL WAS TIME, AND THE MATERIALS USED IN THE COURSE WERE HANDOUTS, A FILM, AND A FILM PROJECTOR. THE METHODOLOGY OF PROBLEMSOLVING INVOLVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTUAL PROGRAM AND THE TECHNIQUES USED TO PRESENT IT. IN THE PILOT COURSE, THE HANDLING OF STRESS WAS TAUGHT IN THREE 2-HOUR SESSIONS. PROGRAM EVALUATION CONSISTED OF PRE- AND POST-TESTS ON PARTICIPANT KNOWLEDGE ON COURSE INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWS WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS. THREE OUT OF THE FIVE INMATES WHO ATTENDED ALL THREE SESSIONS SHOWED AN INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STRESS AND HANDLING STRESS. REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED.