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Table 2 Main Concepts related to the Care of CVD-RF in Patients with a History of Incarceration

From: Patients’ experiences managing cardiovascular disease and risk factors in prison

The Role of Correctional Institutional Control in patient’s health
• Institutional policies that influence health behaviors or coping
The Role of Post-institutional consequences in patient’s health
• Direct or indirect consequences of incarceration that influence health behaviors or coping
The Role of Individual Agency in patient’s health
• Individual choices that influence health behaviors or coping
The Role of Care Delivery in patient’s health
• Barriers to care, patient education, perceptions of care, tailored care, and fees
Chronic Disease Management
• Medication administration, diet, exercise, self-monitoring, and multi-morbidity
The Role of Interpersonal interactions in patients’ health
• Interactions with other prisoners, prison staff, medical staff, family, non-prisoner peers, criminal justice staff, and an absence of relationships
The Role of Group Membership in patients’ health
• Religious status, financial status, disease status, prison employment, and length in prison influence health behaviors
Comparisons between locations of chronic disease management
• Prison and the community, prison and other prisons, and temporally between prisons
Desires for additional supports