Correctional Health

Perinatal health service use by women released from jail studied

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 18th, 2004

According to recent research published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, "Few studies have examined healthcare access for the growing population of pregnant women who cycle in and out of urban jails.

"The present study compared use of Medicaid-funded perinatal services for births to women who were in jail during pregnancy and births to women who had been in jail, but not while pregnant."

J.E. Bell at the University of Washington and colleagues reported that "jail contact during pregnancy increased the likelihood women would receive prenatal care (odds ratio [OR] = 5.95; 95% confidence interval [Cl] 2.18-16.23) and...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-11-18)

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