ReviewAmerican journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council2022
Parental incarceration and child physical health outcomes from infancy to adulthood: A critical review and multilevel model of potential pathways.
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- Parental Incarceration, Development, and Well-Being: A Developmental Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Correlations between life course trauma on perinatal outcomes of women on community supervision - a retrospective cross sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Health Outcomes of Women on Community Supervision in South Central Texas During the Perinatal Period.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2026Article
- 'At Least I Get to Visit Him, That's All That Matters': Maintaining Contact With a Family Member in Prison, Developing a Child-Centred Framework for Change.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
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- Development and pilot testing of a risk assessment checklist for children of incarcerated parents in Hong Kong.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- Protocol: The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Families Affected: An Evidence and Gap Map: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Article
- "The Place Where Danger Waits": Ten Years of Incarceration After the 1994 Crime Bill and Cognitive Function among Older Adults.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Observational
- Parental imprisonment, childhood behavioral problems, and adolescent and young adult cardiometabolic risk: results from a prospective Australian birth cohort study.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Forgotten, invisible and neglected, children in prison from the first few months of life: an act against humanity.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- "I wouldn't wish that on anybody, that pain": Maternal healthcare and neonatal outcomes among women experiencing incarceration during pregnancy in Georgia.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are currently 2.2 million people incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails, representing a 500% increase over the past 40 years. An emerging literature suggests the impact of mass incarceration extends beyond the prison, jail, or detention center to the families of incarcerated individuals. Less scholarship has considered consequences of parental incarceration for their children's physical health.
methodsWe conduct a critical review of the literature investigating an association between parental incarceration and children's physical health outcomes from infancy to adulthood.
resultsStudies varied substantially in study design, sample composition, and methodological approach. Most studies suggest an association between parental incarceration and adverse physical health outcomes. Evidence is more consistent for outcomes such as infant and child mortality, lower healthcare access, and negative health behaviors and more mixed for measures such as self-reported/general health.
conclusionWe propose a multilevel model of mechanistic pathways to stimulate future research on the potential pathways through which parental incarceration could influence children's physical health.
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