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Van Hout, MC, Srisuwan, L and Plugge, E (2022) A human rights assessment of menopausal women’s access to age- and gender-sensitive nondiscriminatory healthcare in prison. Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society. ISSN 1072-3714
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Abstract
Importance and Objective: Women represent about 6% of the global prison population of 11 million. The female prison population has increased significantly in the past decade. Where attention is devoted to women’s unique sexual and reproductive health needs in prison, this is largely focused on menstruation management and ante/post-natal care. There is no explicit guidance regarding imprisoned menopausal women’s healthcare in the United Nations (UN) normative standards of detention (Mandela Rules, Bangkok Rules). A human rights assessment of menopausal women’s access to age and gender sensitive non-discriminatory healthcare in prison since 2010 was conducted.
Methods: Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review methodology was adhered to. A systematic search was conducted using detailed MESH terms on CINAHL, Medline, Pubmed, ProQuest Central, PsycInfo, Scopus and Web of Science. All published material in the English language in the timeframe of 2010-2022 was collated (n=268). 14 duplicates were removed. 234 were excluded after title and abstract screening, with 5 records remaining. Hand searching yielded an additional 11 records. 16 records were charted and analyzed thematically using a human-rights lens. Themes were: Environmental conditions and menopausal sequelae; gender sensitive non-discriminatory free healthcare; evidence based age/gender sensitive prison health policies; and medical insensitivity and incompetencies in menopausal care.
Discussion and Conclusion: Menopausal women have the right to the underlying environmental determinants of health in prison; and rights to non-discrimination and equivalence of care; essential medicines; medical care and treatment; preventive health services, and participation in the generation of prison policies and support initiatives. The lack of visibility regarding their health needs in policies and healthcare provisions is reflected in the realities of life in prison, with glaring gaps in the practical medical and lifestyle supports of menopause. Further research is warranted to inform evidence based prison reforms to improve quality of life of older women in prison
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| Additional Information: | This is a non-final version of an article published in final form Van Hout, Marie-Claire MSc, PhD1; Srisuwan, Lizz MD1; Plugge, Emma MD, PhD2. A human rights assessment of menopausal women's access to age- and gender-sensitive nondiscriminatory health care in prison. Menopause: September 27, 2022 - Volume - Issue - Doi 10.1097/GME.0000000000002065 Upon NIH request, it remains the legal responsibility of the author to confirm with NIH the provenance of his/her manuscript for purposes of deposit. Author may not deposit articles him/herself. The final peer-reviewed manuscript already transmitted to NIH may not be altered. To learn more: NIH Public Access Policy. Lippincott policy prohibits posting articles and portions of articles on social networking websites. To learn more about options available for sharing your article in line with copyright law, please visit http://www.howcanishareit.com/. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine; 11 Medical and Health Sciences |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | Public Health Institute |
| Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2022 11:09 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2023 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1097/GME.0000000000002065 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17268 |
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