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Navigating intersecting public health crises: A qualitative study of people with OUD’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • COVID
  • Qualitative

There is a need for complementary qualitative research aimed at identifying how people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are understanding, experiencing, and navigating this unprecedented time. The current study examines understandings and experiences of people with OUD while they have…

Neighborhood Incarceration Rates and Adverse Birth Outcomes in New York City, 2010-2014

This cross-sectional study used publicly available data from the New York City Department of Health (2010-2014). Censored Poisson regression, with the US Census tract as the unit of analysis, was used to examine the association of neighborhood incarceration rate and…

Network canvas: an open-source tool for capturing social and contact network data

Social influence and contact networks are extremely important for understanding health behaviour and the spread of disease. Yet, most traditional software tools are not optimized to capture these data, making measurement of personal networks challenging. This paper describes Network Canvas,…

New research on veterans treatment courts: An overview of the community participatory research on veterans in specialized programming project

  • Courts

Justice-involved veterans return to civilian life with a variety of mental and physical health challenges that often go untreated and increase their risk for self-harm and involvement in the criminal-legal system. Veterans Treatment Courts (VTC) were created to respond to…

No veteran left behind? Perspectives on VTC eligibility criteria for justice-involved veterans in multiple jurisdictions across the united states

  • Courts

The explosive growth of veterans treatment courts (VTCs) in the United States has raised questions concerning which justice-involved veterans (JIV) are eligible and ultimately selected for participation. For instance, should VTCs be more inclusive in their selection processes, and is…

One guy goes to jail, two people are ready to take his spot: Perspectives on drug-induced homicide laws among incarcerated individuals

  • Qualitative
  • Policy

This study used semi-structured qualitative interviews to gather perceptions regarding the Rhode Island drug-induced homicide law from 40 incarcerated individuals enrolled in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. This law provides up to life-in-prison for selling, distributing, or delivering a…

Openness to change among COVID misinformation endorsers

  • Survey Finding
  • COVID

COVID misinformation endorsers (N = 1991) in a large, nationally representative survey (fielded in Fall 2021) were asked how likely they would adopt self-protective behaviors if a source they trusted debunked their prior misperceptions. Multiple linear regression estimated the relationships…

Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Formerly Incarcerated Persons and the General Population: North Carolina, 2000‒2018

  • Overdose

Opioid Prescribing Patterns Before Fatal Opioid Overdose

  • Overdose

Opioid Use Disorder Stigma, Discrimination, and Policy Attitudes in a National Sample of U.S. Young Adults

  • Survey Finding
  • Stigma

This study analyzed the attitudes of young adults (19-29 years) in the United States toward persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) through the lens of social stigma, discrimination, and policy attitudes. On average, although young adults supported treatment-oriented policies for…