SynthesisAmerican journal of public health2015
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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
- Opioid-related treatment, interventions, and outcomes among incarcerated persons: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions at the Transition from Prison to the Community for Prisoners with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review.Administration and policy in mental health · 2018Pooled it
- Outcomes of psychological therapies for prisoners with mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Pooled it
- Predicting attrition of men with a history of violence from randomised clinical trials.Trials · 2023Trial
- Evaluation of a complex intervention for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: the Engager randomised controlled trial.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2023Trial
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- Retention in clinical trials after prison release: results from a clinical trial with incarcerated men with HIV and opioid dependence in Malaysia.HIV research & clinical practice · 2019Trial
- Methods for delivering the UK's multi-centre prison-based naloxone-on-release pilot randomised trial (N-ALIVE): Europe's largest prison-based randomised controlled trial.Drug and alcohol review · 2018Trial
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- Design and implementation of a factorial randomized controlled trial of methadone maintenance therapy and an evidence-based behavioral intervention for incarcerated people living with HIV and opioid dependence in Malaysia.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: a single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2016Trial
- Implementing women's sexual and reproductive health interventions in prisons: a realist review.BMJ open · 2026Review
- Addressing the Harms of Structural Racism on Health in Incarcerated Youth Through Improved Nutrition and Exercise Programs.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Psychiatric disorders and mental health care among incarcerated men: A prerelease cross-sectional study in France.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- The impact of challenge-hindrance research stress on burnout among healthcare workers: the moderating role of perceived organizational support.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Characterizing the Use of Healthcare Access Supports Among People Who Use Drugs in Vancouver, Canada, 2017 to 2020: A Cohort Study.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Data linkage studies of primary care utilisation after release from prison: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Behavioural activation for people in custody with depression: A protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of people during imprisonment or in the year after release. We searched 14 biomedical and social science databases in 2014, and identified 95 studies. Most studies involved only men or a majority of men (70/83 studies in which gender was specified); only 16 studies focused on adolescents. Most studies were conducted in the United States (n = 57). The risk of bias for outcomes in almost all studies was unclear or high (n = 91). In 59 studies, interventions led to improved mental health, substance use, infectious diseases, or health service utilization outcomes; in 42 of these studies, outcomes were measured in the community after release. Improving the health of people who experience imprisonment requires knowledge generation and knowledge translation, including implementation of effective interventions.
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