Program
Physician Assistant M.S.
Year Approved
2020
First Advisor
Leafblad, Dan
Abstract
As of 2017, there were 111,360 females in a state or federal correctional facility (Bronson & Carson, 2019). Many women in prison are mothers with 5-10% being pregnant while imprisoned (Baldwin, Sobolewska, & Capper, 2018). Some programs have started in female prisons with the goal to provide opportunities to nourish relationships with their children and educate on prenatal health, mental and physical health, and parenting skills. One of these organizations is the Minnesota Prison Doula Project (MnPDP) which utilizes the skills of doulas to provide supportive care to the incarcerated women of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee (MCF-Shakopee). MCF-Shakopee is the only female prison in Minnesota. The MnPDP has incorporated doula care, group education, one-on-one counseling, and supportive visitation into their program. Although they provide supplemental education for their contracted doulas on many subjects in incarcerated health, they did not have any formal education on postpartum depression (PPD). Therefore, this project focused on creating an education module for the doulas of the MnPDP in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of PPD. Additionally, a pamphlet was made for the incarcerated women’s use and distributed by the doulas. As a result of this project, the awareness of PPD in incarcerated women improved in the doulas as determined by pre-test and post-test scores surrounding the education module.
Degree Name
Masters of Science in Physician Assistant
Document Type
Masterʼs thesis
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Recommended Citation
Hibbs, T. M., Reed, M., & Sautner, C. (2020). Postpartum Depression Education of Doulas for Incarcerated Women [Masterʼs thesis, Bethel University]. Spark Repository. https://spark.bethel.edu/etd/290