The Practice of Multidisciplinary Teams in Caring for Pregnant Inmates in The Central Prison

Abstract

This research aims to study the practice of multidisciplinary teams caring for pregnant inmates in federal prisons to study the problems and obstacles in the practice of multidisciplinary teams with pregnant inmates in the Central Prison. This is a study of quantitative research methods (Quantitative research) from multidisciplinary practitioners or involved in 146 pregnant inmates working in central prisons across the country, including 23 prisons, including female border enforcers Registered Nurses, Orthodontists, Social Workers, Psychologists, and Vocational Training and Training Academics Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as Percentage, Frequency, Mean, Standard Deviation, Minimum and Maximum, and inferential statistics. The study found that there was a multidisciplinary team working with pregnant inmates under the Bangkok regulations. Overall, at the high level (mean 4.08, S.D. = 1.00 ), when considering each aspect, it was found that the samples had the most first-stage operations (mean 4.31, (S.D. = 0.95 )and the least after-release care (mean 3.73, S.D. = 1.14 ). It was found that the sample group had problems and obstacles in the multidisciplinary team's work with pregnant inmates in the Central Prison as a whole at a high level, a mean of 4.03 , S.D. = 0.85 ), with the most problems with location restrictions (mean 4.14, S.D. = 0.83)  and have the least coordination problems ( = 3.90, S.D. = 0.89 ), and the results of a study comparing the differences between general information and operations and problems and obstacles in the performance of the multidisciplinary team in caring for inmates of pregnant women in the central prison according to the city regulations found that different positions and genders hamper the practice of multidisciplinary teams in caring for pregnant inmates in the Bangkok Central Prison. There were statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level, different genders and prison locations. causing problems and obstacles in the work of the multi-disciplinary team under the operating process according to The Bangkok Regulations. There was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level.