JCOIN Publications Library
A National Portrait of Public Attitudes toward Opioid Use in the US: A Latent Class Analysis
Distributed Agent-Based Simulation with Repast4Py
This tutorial presents Repast4Py, a Python-based agent-based modeling (ABM) toolkit, and the newest member of the Repast Suite of agent-based modeling toolkits. The tutorial presents key Repast4Py components and how they are combined to create distributed simulations of different types, building on three example models that implement seven common distributed ABM use cases.
Read More“I Just Don’t Know What to Believe”: Sensemaking during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Criminal Legal Involved Communities
Through a study funded by the NIH RADX-UP initiative, this project explores the process of sensemaking amid misinformation, trust/mistrust, and vulnerability during the pandemic among criminal-legal involved communities in three central states (Illinois, Louisiana, and Arkansas).
Read MoreScreening Incarcerated Women for Opioid Use Disorder
The overall aim of the present study is to examine the utility of the DSM OUD Checklist and the NM-ASSIST screening tools to identify symptoms consistent with OUD among incarcerated women in county jails. Study findings indicate a positive correlation between indicators of OUD using the two screening tools, as well as a high degree…
Read MoreProviding substance use disorder treatment in correctional settings: knowledge gaps and proposed research priorities—overview and commentary
Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails and related training and resource needs: findings from a national interview study of jails in heavily impacted counties in the U.S.
Critical access medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment facilities in the US
Access Differential: Comparing Problem-solving Courts and Probation
Ethical Approaches to Vaccine Allocation and Administration in Carceral Settings, With a Focus on Youth
We examine the ethical issues that arise in the health care of minors in carceral settings and identify an ethical model that could be used when considering how to the allocate COVID-19 vaccines.
Read MoreDesigning and implementing an intervention for returning citizens living with substance use disorder: Discovering the benefits of peer recovery coach involvement in pilot clinical trial decision-making
This paper described lessons learned regarding implementation of peer recovery coaches (PRCs) as part of development and pilot research on Substance Use Programming for Person-Oriented Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT), a peer-facilitated substance use disorder (SUD) intervention for returning citizens.
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