Holly M. Harner, PhD, MPH, MBA, CRNP, WHCNP-BC, is Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Public Health Program, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mia Budescu, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Lehman College, New York.
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Accepted for publication February 13, 2014.
The authors acknowledge receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: American Nurses Foundation/Eastern Nursing Research Society; Sigma Theta Tau International – Xi Chapter; T-32-Research on Vulnerable Women, Children, and Families; and the Center for Health Equity Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
The authors also wish to acknowledge the incarcerated women who participated in this investigation.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Corresponding author: Holly M. Harner, PhD, MPH, MBA, CRNP, WHCNP-BC, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, St. Benilde Tower-Office 3333, 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141 (e-mail: [email protected]).