The Indiana University School of Medicine JCOIN Research Center aims to improve treatment linkages and care coordination within the eight juvenile justice systems across Indiana. To address current gaps, the study is implementing a Learning Health System (LHS) to improve collaboration between juvenile justice agencies and community mental health centers, using interagency data-sharing to help identify gaps and opportunities to implement evidence-based interventions.
The goal of this study is to identify mechanisms to improve interagency collaboration; enhance prevention and treatment service delivery along the opioid care cascade; and improve outcomes for justice-involved youth at high risk of developing a substance use disorder.
Study Settings: Juvenile Justice, Treatment/Healthcare Settings
Study Location: Indiana
Publications:
- Alliances to disseminate addiction prevention and treatment (ADAPT): A statewide learning health system to reduce substance use among justice-involved youth in rural communities (2021)
- Implementation of peer recovery coach services for opioid overdose patients in emergency departments in Indiana: Findings from an informal learning collaborative of stakeholders (2021)
- Adaptations to Indiana’s 21st Century Cures-funded recovery coaching initiative in the wake of COVID-19 (2021)
- Use of Project ECHO to promote evidence based care for justice involved adults with opioid use disorder (2022)
Study Team
PI/MPI:
Matthew Aalsma, PhD
Indiana University
Health Agency Partner:
Nancy Wever
Indiana Supreme Court, Office of Court Services
Justice Agency Partner:
Douglas Huntsinger
Office of the Indiana Governor
• Create alliances between the juvenile justice system and community mental health centers
• Improve services targeting at-risk youth
• Generate and track local solutions to address continuum of care gaps in rural counties
• Assess the long-term, community-wide effects of these interventions on public health and safety outcomes
Clinical Trial, Linkage Strategies