Theories and assumptions that inform trauma-specific interventions for incarcerated women

Fam Community Health. 2015 Jul-Sep;38(3):240-51. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000073.

Abstract

The field of interventional outcomes research in programs designed to treat trauma in correctionally involved women involves contributions from researchers in a variety of disciplines. In this review, we asked how recent interventional studies addressed 3 theoretical touchstones-relational cultural theory, trauma theory, and addiction theory. We found that few outcomes studies engaged theory directly on any of these points and concluded that the opportunity for field-defining debate may risk getting lost in a quest for numbers or outcomes. We recommended that researchers more explicitly position their work, especially with respect to key theories and points of debate.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Battered Women / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Health Services Needs and Demand / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Prisoners / psychology
  • Prisoners / statistics & numerical data*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
  • United States
  • Violence / prevention & control*
  • Violence / statistics & numerical data
  • Women's Health