Transcript DOING TIME: A TIME FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN TO DEVELOP …

Department of Family Practice
School of Population & Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia
Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Content:
 Research Team
 Background
 Participatory Action Research
 Purpose
 Objectives
 Study Outcomes
 Methods
 Challenges
 Contact Information
Research Team:
Research Team:
 Principal investigators:
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Ruth Martin, MD, Department of Family Practice, UBC
Patti Janssen, PhD, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
 Co-investigators:
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Alison Granger-Brown, MA, recreation therapist, Women into
Healing, Fraser Valley Institute
Lara-Lisa Condello, MA, Criminology, Nicola Valley Institute of
Technology
Vivian Ramsden, PhD, Graduate Studies and Research, Family
Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Sarah Desmarais, PhD, Centre for Children Committing Offences,
Child Development Institute
Lynn Fels, PhD, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Co-Investigators con’t
 Jane Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, School of Population and Public Health,
UBC
 Marla Buchanan, PhD, Educational & Counselling Psychology, and
Special Education, UBC
 Carl Leggo, PhD, Language and Literacy Education, UBC
 Ann Macaulay, MD, Participatory Research Department, McGill
University
 Nichole Fairbrother, PhD, Joint appointment with Psychiatry and
Obstetrics and Gynecology, UBC.
 Karen Meyer, PhD, Centre for the Study of Curriculum and
Instruction, Faculty of Education, UBC
 Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, Family Practice, UBC
 Kate Shannon, PhD, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
 Trevor Corneil, MD, MSc, Career Counselling Program, UBC
 Dennis Wardman, MD, MCM, Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC
 Jim Frankish, PhD, Centre for Population Health Promotion
Research, and College for Interdisciplinary Studies, UBC
Research Team:
 Project staff:
Mo Korchinski, community-based researcher, research assistant
Kelly Murphy, community-based researcher, administrative support
Nancy Espinoza, research coordinator
 Community-based researchers
Lora Kwandibans, community resources
Jen McMillan, newsletter and blog
Christine Hemmingway, facilitation
Andrea Muller, webpage design
Debra Hanson, housing and several surveys, paragraphs of passion
And others
Background
This research project was informed by the development of
9 health goals that emerged from surveys and qualitative
data undertaken by the research team at ACCW:
1. Improved relationships with children, family and
partners
2. Improved peer and community support
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3. Safe and stable housing
4. Improved access to individualized primary health care
Background con’t - health goals
5. Increased job skills, training, and relevant
employment
6. Improved health (physical, emotional, spiritual, and
mental)
7. Improved dentition and oral health
8. Improved access to health education and increased
health knowledge
9. Increased ability to contribute to society
Participatory Action Research
 PAR began in response to the
distrust of study participants
towards research for researcher’s
benefits and not that of the
community.
 Participants “own”
the research
process and are supported to use
the results to improve the quality of
their lives.
PAR con’t
Three critical attributes:
 collaboration through the research process
 mutually rewarding educational experience
for researchers and community members
 tangible action based on research results
Purpose
 Our aim is to work with women who have
recently been incarcerated to improve our
understanding of factors that contribute to
their physical, spiritual, emotional and
psychological health.
 Our ultimate goal is to develop a community-
based action health strategy that will support
successful re-integration into society.
Objectives
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To determine the impact of women’s ability
to meet their health and social needs during
the year following release from prison on the
success of their re-integration into the
community vs reincarceration.
2. To identify individual and community-level
barriers to re-integration experienced by
women within one year of release.
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To develop a predictive model for recidivism based on
health indicators and compare its validity and
accuracy with that of the Corrections Branch Needs
Assessment (CRNA) tool that is currently used to
identify individuals at high vs. low risk for recidivism.
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To foster and evaluate community-based peer support
of released women.
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To engage study participants, health authorities,
regional/ provincial government and prison officials in
translating the research into a health action strategy
for incarcerated and transitioning women.
Study Outcomes
1.
Identification of factors impacting the
ability of participants to meet their health
and social needs during the year following
release from prison
2. A predictive model for recidivism based on
health indicators
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3. Comparison
of this model with the
Corrections Branch Needs Assessment
(CRNA) tool and other standardized tools in
current use for predicting recidivism.
4. A health action strategy for incarcerated and
transitioning women.
Methods
Participants:
 Women who are released from a
provincial prison in BC during the study
period.
Invitation to participate:
 Posters, brochures, word of mouth, and
community-based research team.
Methods con’t
On release from ACCW,
women are met at the bus
stop and invited to learn
about the study, and, if
interested sign a consent
form.
Methods con’t
 Participants then have a baseline interview with a
community-based researcher, that is, a women
trained in interviewing who herself has had
experience with incarceration.
 Women are asked about their health, education,
job skills, family, support, housing and other
issues in accordance with the nine health goals.
 The community-based researcher will contact the
participants for follow-up interviews at 3, 6, 9
and 12 months.
Challenges and opportunities
 Locating participants interested to be
interviewed
 Maintaining contact with participants
 Research team members at different cities
 Honoring and respecting diverse people’s
experiences
Contact information
 In Vancouver:
 604 875 – 3658 or Call Toll-free: 1877 84WOMAN
 Kelly Murphy at 604 230-8778
Ruth Martin:
Patti Janssen:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Telephone: 604 875-2424, ext 5415
Email: [email protected]
 Website: www.womenin2healing.org
go to the ‘Doing Time’ link
Contact information con’t
 In Maple Ridge:
Mo Korchinski at 778 829-5626
 Alouette Addictions at 604 467-5179 and ask for Mo
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 In Abbotsford:
 Jen MacMillan at 604 226-0021
 Alison Granger-Brown at 778 838 – 0701
 Free with BC ACCESS
604 660-2421 or 1800 663-7867
Ask for BC Women’s Hospital
(604 875 2424)
then for Women into Healing, ext 3658