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Gender differences in chronic medical, psychiatric, and substance-dependence disorders among jail inmates

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  • Binswanger, I.A.
  • Merrill, J.O.
  • Krueger, P.M.
  • White, M.C.
  • Booth, R.E.
  • Elmore, J.G.

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Objectives. We investigated whether there were gender differences in chronic medical, psychiatric, and substance-dependence disorders among jail inmates and whether substance dependence mediated any gender differences found. Methods. We analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of 6982 US jail inmates. Weighted estimates of disease prevalence were calculated by gender for chronic medical disorders (cancer, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, hepatitis, and cirrhosis), psychiatric disorders (depressive, bipolar, psychotic, posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and personality), and substancedependence disorders. We conducted logistic regression to examine the relationship between gender and these disorders. Results. Compared with men, women had a significantly higher prevalence of all medical and psychiatric conditions (P≤.01 for each) and drug dependence (P

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  • Binswanger, I.A. & Merrill, J.O. & Krueger, P.M. & White, M.C. & Booth, R.E. & Elmore, J.G., 2010. "Gender differences in chronic medical, psychiatric, and substance-dependence disorders among jail inmates," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 100(3), pages 476-482.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2008.149591_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.149591
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    1. Catherine Hu & Jessica Jurgutis & Dan Edwards & Tim O’Shea & Lori Regenstreif & Claire Bodkin & Ellen Amster & Fiona G Kouyoumdjian, 2020. "“When you first walk out the gates…where do [you] go?”: Barriers and opportunities to achieving continuity of health care at the time of release from a provincial jail in Ontario," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(4), pages 1-13, April.
    2. Basanta, Juan Luis & Fariña, Francisca & Arce, Ramón, 2018. "Risk-need-responsivity model: Contrasting criminogenic and noncriminogenic needs in high and low risk juvenile offenders," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 137-142.
    3. Ricky Camplain & Travis A. Pinn & Heather J. Williamson & George Pro & Lyle Becenti & James Bret & Crystal Luna & Julie A. Baldwin, 2020. "Adaptation of the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) for the Measurement of Physical Activity in Jail Settings," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-11, January.
    4. Semenza, Daniel C. & Testa, Alexander M. & Jackson, Dylan B. & Vaughn, Michael G., 2021. "Incarceration and cardiovascular health: Multiple mechanisms within an intersectional framework," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).

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