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Lived experiences of pregnancy and prison through a reproductive justice lens: A qualitative meta-synthesis

Abstract

As rates with which women are incarcerated have risen around the world, research examining how incarceration affects the health of people who are pregnant, their newborns, and their family members has burgeoned. Lived experience is seldom accounted for in this research, however, highlighting a gap with relevance to advocates, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners seeking to better understand health inequities and redress human …

Authors

Cavanagh A; Shamsheri T; Shen K; Gaber J; Liauw J; Vanstone M; Kouyoumdjian F

Journal

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 307, ,

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

August 2022

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115179

ISSN

0277-9536