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Effects of incarceration on risky Sex: focus group data from Two New England states

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) risk and interpersonal violence are interconnected public health problems facing incarcerated women. Prison may provide an opportune time to conduct HIV prevention activities...

Authors: Marlanea E Peabody, Adam Choung, Rochelle Rosen, Caroline Kuo, Wendee Wechsberg, Karen Fernandes, Caron Zlotnick and Jennifer Johnson

Associations between past trauma, current social support, and loneliness in incarcerated populations

Prisoners are a vulnerable population with higher rates of trauma than community populations. Social support is important for both in–prison adjustment and post-release community re-entry. Loneliness, a relate...

Authors: Jennifer C Kao, Adam Chuong, Madhavi K Reddy, Robyn L Gobin, Caron Zlotnick and Jennifer E Johnson

Discrimination based on criminal record and healthcare utilization among men recently released from prison: a descriptive study

Healthcare discrimination based on race/ethnicity is associated with decreased healthcare access and utilization among racial/ethnic minority patients. Discrimination based on criminal record may also negative...

Authors: Joseph W Frank, Emily A Wang, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Hedwig Lee and Megan Comfort

Emergency room use after being released from incarceration

This study investigates opiate use in mediating the impact of history of incarceration on emergency department (ED) use.

Authors: Erlyana Erlyana, Dennis G Fisher and Grace L Reynolds

Erratum to: Implementing drug abuse treatment services in criminal justice settings: introduction to the CJ-DATS study protocol series

Authors: Lori J Ducharme, Redonna K Chandler and Tisha RA Wiley

Building effective service delivery mechanisms for justice-involved individuals: an under-researched area

The Heath & Justice journal is devoted to addressing the unmet needs of those involved in or working in the justice system. With attention to both health and justice processes and outcomes, this journal is design...

Authors: Faye S Taxman

A cluster randomized trial of an organizational process improvement intervention for improving the assessment and case planning of offenders: a Study Protocol

The Organizational Process Improvement Intervention (OPII), conducted by the NIDA-funded Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies consortium of nine research centers, examined an organizational interventi...

Authors: Michael S Shafer, Michael Prendergast, Gerald Melnick, Lynda A Stein and Wayne N Welsh

A cluster randomized trial of utilizing a local change team approach to improve the delivery of HIV services in correctional settings: study protocol

Persons held in correctional facilities are at high risk for HIV infection and their prevalence of HIV is substantially higher than in the general population. Thus, the need for proper surveillance and care of...

Authors: Steven Belenko, Christy Visher, Michael Copenhaver, Matthew Hiller, Gerald Melnick, Daniel O’Connell, Frank Pearson and Bennett Fletcher

Implementation of contingency management in probation agencies using a case controlled longitudinal design: a PDSA study protocol

Moving evidence-based practices (EBPs) from clinical research settings to real world work environments is challenging. Grounded in the work of Proctor and colleagues on “bench-trench” partnerships, quality imp...

Authors: Faye S Taxman and Danielle S Rudes

A cluster randomized trial of an organizational linkage intervention for offenders with substance use disorders: study protocol

Substance use disorders are highly prevalent in community correctional populations, yet these settings frequently are ill-equipped to identify and refer offenders to community-based treatment services. In part...

Authors: Peter D Friedmann, Lori J Ducharme, Wayne Welsh, Linda Frisman, Kevin Knight, Timothy Kinlock, Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Elizabeth Hall, Terry Urbine, Michael Gordon, Sami Abdel-Salam, Dan O’Connell, Carmen Albizu-Garcia, Hannah Knudsen, Jamieson Duval, Juliane Fenster…

Implementing drug abuse treatment services in criminal justice settings: introduction to the CJ-DATS study protocol series

Despite a growing pipeline of effective clinical treatments, there remains a persistent research-to-practice gap in drug abuse services. Delivery of effective treatment services is especially lacking in the U....

Authors: Lori J Ducharme, Redonna K Chandler and Tisha RA Wiley

Bridging the gap between health and justice

Authors: Lior Gideon

Incarceration as a catalyst for worsening health

The primary aim of this paper is to explicate the mechanisms through which incarceration affects health. Guided by theories that emphasize the compounding nature of inequality and with a focus on those that ar...

Authors: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

Prior criminal charges and outcomes among individuals initiating office-based buprenorphine treatment

There is little data on the impact of prior criminal activity on the treatment of opioid dependence with office-based buprenorphine. The goal of this study was to investigate the association between prior crim...

Authors: Elizabeth E Harris, Janet S Jacapraro and Darius A Rastegar

Complex health-related needs among young, soon-to-be-released prisoners

To estimate the prevalence and co-occurrence of health-related needs among young people aged 18 to 24 years transitioning out of adult prisons.

Authors: Kate van Dooren, Alun Richards, Nick Lennox and Stuart A Kinner