Caregiver and Juvenile Justice Personnel Perspectives on challenges and importance of caregiver engagement and the potential utility of a peer navigator program in the Juvenile Justice System
For youth involved in the juvenile justice (JJ) system, caregiver involvement and engagement in the system is crucial for youth development and outcomes of JJ cases; however, there are challenges to establishing positive/productive partnerships between caregivers and JJ representatives. The…
Cascade of Care in the Legal System: Best Practices and Goals for Agencies Providing Care to Patients Concurrently Navigating Substance Use Disorders and Criminal Legal Involvement
Fewer than 1% of United States’ largest corrections facilities allow access to MOUD. The cascade of care is an organizing framework that quantifies treatment processes within and across systems of care ranging from screening to treatment discharge. This study highlights…
Clinical Care, Research, and Telehealth Services in the Era of Social Distancing to Mitigate COVID-19
This publication describes considerations for the integration of technologies that have become prevalent due to the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., telemedicine, social media, apps, chatbots, biosensors) and extensions of those technologies into HIV care and research. Although it is not clear…
Collaboration and growth in a large research cooperative: A network analytic approach
Research networks encourage team science and facilitate collaboration within and across research teams. While many analyses have examined the output of these collaborative networks (e.g., authorship networks, publications, grant applications), less attention has been paid to the formative phases of…
Community Corrections Officers’ Perspectives of the Impact of Hurricane Maria on the Participants’ Mental Health and Substance Use
This study explored community supervision officers’ perceptions of the individual, community, and organizational challenges confronted by program participants after Hurricane María in Puerto Rico and their recommendations for future emergency management. Participants were asked about their perceptions of how the…
Correlates and Patterns in Use of Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Jail
Little is known about the correlates of use of medications to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD, ie, buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone) offered in jails. We evaluated the implementation and outcomes of a MOUD program offered by 2 of the first jails…