Female Inmates with Diabetes: Results from Changes in a Prison Food Environment

Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Caislin Leah FirthJulie Maher

Abstract

The prevalence of diabetes among Oregon prison inmates has increased by 50% in the last 5 years. The Healthy Food Access Project (HFAP) was implemented in the minimum-security facility at the Oregon Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to reduce the risk of chronic disease (including diabetes) and improve nutrition among female prison inmates. The intervention reduced the menu from 3,000 to 2,200 calories per day and provided nutrition education. We evaluated the effectiveness of HFAP on female inmates with diabetes on two outcomes: the effect of the reduced calorie menu on glycemic control and other biometric measures, and the calories purchased from commissary foods. We conducted a quasiexperimental study among all female inmates with diabetes living at the prison on August 28, 2013. Exposed inmates resided in the minimum-security facility for a minimum of 90 days after August 1, 2012 (when a reduced calorie menu was implemented); unexposed inmates resided primarily or exclusively in the medium-security facility. Medical chart abstractions were conducted to collect biometric data and mixed effects models described the differences in biometric trends between exposed and unexposed participants. Commissary receipts were collected ...Continue Reading

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