Integrated Care Models: HIV and Substance Use
Behaviors and practices associated with substance use contribute to lack of HIV virologic suppression and onward transmission. In the USA, many recent HIV outbreaks have been connected with substance use. Evidence-based strategies for integrating care of those at risk for…
Jail-based reentry programming to support continued treatment with medications for opioid use disorder: Qualitative perspectives and experiences among jail staff in Massachusetts
This study summarizes qualitative findings about reentry programming to support medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment continuity in the community upon release from jail. Interviews were completed in 2019 in the early implementation phase of seven jail’s MOUD programs.
Justice community opioid innovation network (JCOIN): The TCU research hub
This study will compare two implementation strategies, one vertical and one horizontal, to improve interagency collaboration between the criminal justice and community behavioral health sectors. The vertical strategy will train all units of the community simultaneously, while the horizontal strategy…
Kentucky Women’s Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN): A type 1 effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial to increase utilization of medications for opioid use disorder among justice-involved women
This trial will examine the implementation of an innovative pretreatment model for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) using telehealth and/or peer navigators for women transitioning from jail to the community in Kentucky. This project aims to reduce opioid relapse…
Latent class analysis of medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults in the United States just prior to FDA emergency use authorization
We used survey responses to conduct a latent class analysis to classify respondents into categories and explained this classification as a function of sociodemographic and attitudinal variables using multinomial logistic regression models. We then estimated the probability of respondents agreeing…
Linkage facilitation services for OUD: Taxonomy of facilitation practitioners, goals, and activities
This article proposes a taxonomy of linkage facilitation services used to help persons with OUD access treatment and recovery resources. Linkage facilitation may be especially valuable for persons receiving MOUD given the considerable barriers to treatment access and initiation that…