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Provision of medications to treat OUD via a mobile health unit: A scoping review
“Yeah, this is not going to work for me”-The impact of federal policy restrictions on methadone continuation upon release from jail or prison
This study aims to identify how federal policy affects anticipated barriers to methadone treatment access at a high-risk time for opioid mortality: community re-entry after incarceration. It identifies persistent hurdles to methadone access for individuals post-release.
Read MoreSuicide Mortality Among Formerly Incarcerated People Compared with the General Population in North Carolina, 2000-2020
We aimed to compare rates and characteristics of suicide mortality in formerly incarcerated people with those of the general population in North Carolina. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 266,400 people released from North Carolina state prisons between January 1, 2000, and March 1, 2020. Using direct and indirect standardization by age, sex, and…
Read MoreContextualizing MOUD and peer support service provision in the probation system with implementation science
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 birth outcomes. Multivariable models included percentage of births aggregated to the Census tract by maternal…
Read MoreExpanding access to methadone treatment in Ohio through federally qualified health centers and a chain pharmacy: A geospatial modeling analysis
In the United States, methadone provision for opioid use disorder (OUD) occurs at opioid treatment programs (OTPs). Ohio recently enacted a policy to expand methadone administration to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC). We compared how the provision of methadone at current OTPs or the proposed expansion to FQHCs and pharmacies meets the urban and rural…
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccination in correctional systems in the United States
Overcrowding and limited ability to social distance contribute to high rates of COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities. Despite CDC recommendations, incarcerated persons and correctional staff report a high prevalence of vaccine-hesitance. We sought to identify reasons underlying COVID-19 vaccine hesitation and refusal in correctional systems. We searched PubMed abstracts and reviewed literature relevant to COVID-19…
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