Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2012
The first 90 days following release from jail: findings from the Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMCWO) experiment.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Pooled it
- Reentry interventions that address substance use: A systematic review.Psychological services · 2020Pooled it
- Leveraging the U.S. Criminal Justice System to Access Women for HIV Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- HIV prevention for adults with criminal justice involvement: a systematic review of HIV risk-reduction interventions in incarceration and community settings.American journal of public health · 2014Pooled it
- Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of recovery management checkups.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of twelve-step volunteer linkage for women with alcohol use disorder leaving jail.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- HIV Prevention in Rural Appalachian Jails: Implications for Re-entry Risk Reduction Among Women Who Use Drugs.AIDS and behavior · 2018Trial
- Hazardously Drinking Jailed Women: Post-Release Perceived Needs and Risk of Reincarceration.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2017Trial
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- Cost-effectiveness analysis of Recovery Management Checkups (RMC) for adults with chronic substance use disorders: evidence from a 4-year randomized trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2013Trial
- Impact of social determinants on opioid use disorder treatment engagement after release from jail: a case note content analysis.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- Trajectories of mental health symptoms, suicide attempts and substance use disorders among women after prison release in Santiago, Chile.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- Sex differences in the impact of social determinants of health on substance use disorder treatment outcomes.Biology of sex differences · 2025Article
- Exploring the feasibility of Recovery Management Checkups for Primary Care in a Federally Qualified Health Center.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Scoping review of interventions to link individuals to substance use services at discharge from jail.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Article
- Improving retention across the OUD service cascade upon reentry from jail using Recovery Management Checkups-Adaptive (RMC-A) experiment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
- Linking Women Experiencing Incarceration to Community-Based HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care: A Qualitative Study.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2021Article
- Findings from the recovery initiation and management after overdose (RIMO) pilot study experiment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Operationalizing a Behavioral Health Services Cascade of Care Model: Lessons Learned from a 33-Site Implementation in Juvenile Justice Community Supervision.Federal probation · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectives(1) To examine the impact of monthly Recovery Management Checkups (RMC) vs. control in the first 90 days post-release from jail on receipt of community-based substance abuse treatment, and (2) To explore the impact of RMC, treatment, and abstinence on HIV risk behaviors and recidivism.
methodsOf the 480 women randomized, 100% completed the intake and release interviews, and over 90% completed the 30-, 60-, and 90-day post-release interviews. Of the 915 times women assigned to RMC were interviewed (at release, 30, 69 and 90 days post release), 885 (97%) times they attended linkage meetings, 429 (47%) times they were identified as in need of substance abuse treatment, 271 (30%) times they agreed to go to treatment, 149 (16%) times they showed to the treatment intake, and 48 (5%) times they stayed in treatment at least two weeks.
resultsDuring the 90 days following release from jail, women in the RMC condition (vs. control) were significantly more likely to return to treatment sooner and to participate in substance abuse treatment. Women who received any treatment were significantly more likely than those who did not to be abstinent from any alcohol or other drugs. Those who were abstinent were significantly more likely to avoid HIV risk behaviors and recidivism.
conclusionsThese results demonstrate the feasibility of conducting monthly Recovery Management Checkups with women offenders post-release and provide support for the effectiveness of using RMC to successfully link women offenders to treatment.
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