Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
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J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc · Mar 2011
Implementing and maintaining nurse-led healthy living programs in forensic inpatient settings: an illustrative case study.
Healthy living programs (HLPs) within the context of mental health units are an applied response to the concerns of metabolic syndrome and the associated physical illnesses to which people with serious mental illness are susceptible. ⋯ Understanding the effects of the clinical and philosophical contexts in which HLPs are established and the way challenges and benefits are affected by context has practical significance for the future development of health programs in forensic settings, prisons, and general mental health units.