COVID-19 Testing and Prevention in Correctional Settings (045)

Yale University received a supplement to support a study to increase the reach, access, uptake, and impact of COVID-19 testing and to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among incarcerated people and corrections staff. The initiative’s multidisciplinary team will be working with jails and prisons across Florida, Rhode Island, Minnesota, and Washington to address the urgent…

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ACTION: Addressing Risk through Community Treatment for Infectious Disease Now (042)

Improving HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) management and implementation for justice-involved individuals requires effective approaches to screening, linkage, and adherence to integrated services across community agencies and service providers. Community reentry represents a critical opportunity to link individuals to HIV prevention, treatment, and OUD service providers. The Yale University JCOIN Research Center is conducting…

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Transitions Clinic Network vs Standard Care at Re-Entry (038)

The Yale University JCOIN Research Center is studying whether the Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) program, which provides enhanced primary care and OUD treatment for people recently released from incarceration, improves services along the opioid treatment cascade. In TCN, formerly incarcerated community health workers are embedded within primary care teams and address social determinants of OUD,…

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