ArticleSubstance abuse2014
Pilot test of 12-step linkage for alcohol-abusing women in leaving jail.
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- Factors that facilitate treatment uptake for women with alcohol use disorders in high-income countries: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial of twelve-step volunteer linkage for women with alcohol use disorder leaving jail.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Hazardously Drinking Jailed Women: Post-Release Perceived Needs and Risk of Reincarceration.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2017Trial
- Study protocol: Community Links to Establish Alcohol Recovery (CLEAR) for women leaving jail.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- A Scoping Review of Interventions and Available Programs for Justice-Involved Women with Substance Use Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Article
- Effects of scarcity on women's cognitive ability to manage mental health and substance use after prison release.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Service-level barriers to and facilitators of accessibility to treatment for problematic alcohol use: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Study Protocol: A randomized controlled trial of suicide risk reduction in the year following jail release (the SPIRIT Trial).Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Participant Evaluation of Twelve-Step Group Linkage for Jailed Women With Alcohol Use Disorder.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2019Article
- Personal agency and alcohol abstinence self-efficacy among incarcerated women.Journal of offender rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Correlates of alcoholics anonymous affiliation among justice-involved women.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- Provider Experiences with Prison Care and Aftercare for Women with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Treatment, Resource, and Systems Integration Challenges.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2015Article
- Integrating psychotherapy research with public health and public policy goals for incarcerated women and other vulnerable populations.Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2014Review
- “I know if I drink I won’t feel anything”: substance use relapse among depressed women leaving prison.International journal of prisoner health · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMore than a million US women are detained in jails each year; many have alcohol use disorders (AUDs). AUD intervention with pretrial jail detainees presents a logistical challenge due to limited jail stays and lack of resources for postrelease treatment. The availability, no-cost entry, and promise of anonymity of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) make it a highly accessible resource for underserved populations. However, the outreach of AA volunteers into jails (as opposed to prisons) has been limited, and incarcerated women are unlikely to seek out strangers for help after release. This study pilot tested an enhanced referral approach introducing a 12-step volunteer to a woman in jail who would attend a meeting with her after release.
methodsParticipants were 14 unsentenced female pretrial jail detainees with AUD. Intervention consisted of introducing participants detained in jail to female AA volunteers who could accompany them to an AA meeting after release. Assessments took place at baseline and 1 month after release. This uncontrolled pilot study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of this enhanced referral approach. Pre-post alcohol use, drug use, alcohol problems, and AA attendance are also reported.
resultsEnhanced referral was feasible and acceptable. Many (57%) of the 14 participants who met with AA volunteers in jail were in contact with those volunteers after release from jail. Participants had significantly fewer drinking days, heavy drinking days, alcohol problems, and drug-using days during the postrelease follow-up than they did before jail detention.
conclusionsProviding linkage between women in jail and female AA volunteers who can accompany them to a postrelease meeting is achievable, and may be a disseminable and low-cost method to improve alcohol outcomes in this vulnerable population.
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