Understanding the interplay between organisational injustice and the health and wellbeing of female police officers: a meta-ethnography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female police officers are reported to encounter more bias, discriminatory practices, and inadequate support than their male counterparts and experience poorer health outcomes. This meta-ethnographic review looks beyond individual responsibilities to consider which aspects of policing impact the health and well-being of female police officers.

Methods

Primary qualitative and mixed method studies published between 2000 and 2024 were included. ProQuest (all databases) and Ovid (Medline and Embase) were searched using terms related to health, wellbeing, females, police, and qualitative research. This was a cross-jurisdictional review, with no limit on country of study. In total, twenty-one papers met the inclusion criteria. A seven-phase inductive and interpretative

SUBMITTER: Illias M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature