Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health2016
Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: a single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial.
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- The impact of supported accommodation on health and criminal justice outcomes of people released from prison: a systematic literature review.Harm reduction journal · 2023Pooled it
- Substance use disorders in prisoners: an updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis in recently incarcerated men and women.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- 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
- Navigating reentry: a qualitative analysis of health system engagement among adults with chronic health conditions after release from prison.Justice, opportunities, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Is use of opioid agonist treatment associated with broader primary healthcare use among men with recent injecting drug use histories following release from prison? A prospective cohort study.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- The health of detainees and the role of primary care: Position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care.Primary health care research & development · 2022Review
- Cost savings of a primary care program for individuals recently released from prison: a propensity-matched study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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- Attachment to primary care and team-based primary care: Retrospective cohort study of people who experienced imprisonment in Ontario.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019Article
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- Modifiable risk factors for external cause mortality after release from prison: a nested case-control study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2019Article
- Primary care utilization in people who experience imprisonment in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Access to Primary Care for Persons Recently Released From Prison.Annals of family medicine · 2018Article
- Cost-utility analysis of low-intensity case management to increase contact with health services among ex-prisoners in Australia.BMJ open · 2018Article
- The health care utilization of people in prison and after prison release: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2018Article
- Social Environment and Hospitalisation after Release from Prison: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Analysis of Emergency Healthcare Demand in a Prison.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaObservational
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe world prison population is large and growing. Poor health outcomes after release from prison are common, but few programmes to improve health outcomes for ex-prisoners have been rigorously evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of individualised case management on contact with health services during the first 6 months post-release.
methodsSingle-blinded, randomised, controlled trial. Baseline assessment with N=1325 adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia, within 6 weeks of expected release; follow-up interviews 1, 3 and 6 months post-release. The intervention consisted of provision of a personalised booklet ('Passport') at the time of release, plus up to four brief telephone contacts in the first 4 weeks post-release.
resultsOf 1179 eligible participants, 1003 (85%) completed ≥1 follow-up interview. In intention-to-treat analyses, 53% of the intervention group and 41% of the control group reported contacting a general practitioner (GP) at 1 month post-release (difference=12%, 95% CI 5% to 19%). Similar effects were observed for GP contact at 3 months (difference=9%, 95% CI 2% to 16%) and 6 months (difference=8%, 95% CI 1% to 15%), and for mental health (MH) service contact at 6 months post release (difference=8%, 95% CI 3% to 14%).
conclusionsIndividualised case management in the month after release from prison increases usage of primary care and MH services in adult ex-prisoners for at least 6 months post-release. Given the poor health profile of ex-prisoners, there remains an urgent need to develop and rigorously evaluate interventions to increase health service contact in this profoundly marginalised population. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12608000232336.
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