ArticleBMJ open2019
Propensity-matched study of enhanced primary care on contact with the criminal justice system among individuals recently released from prison to New Haven.
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- A qualitative exploration of the implementation facilitators and challenges of a community health worker program to address health disparities for people recently released from incarceration using the consolidated framework for implementation research.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- Data linkage studies of primary care utilisation after release from prison: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- The Associations Between Medical and Mental Health Conditions and Health Care Utilization in US Adults with Past-Year Criminal Legal Involvement.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation during incarceration: Perspectives of formerly incarcerated men and women.PloS one · 2024Article
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- No health without access: using a retrospective cohort to model a care continuum for people released from prison at an urban, safety net health system.Health & justice · 2023Article
- The Reentry Health Care Hub: Creating a California-Based Referral System to Link Chronically Ill People Leaving Prison to Primary Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Relationship between criminal legal system exposure and health care utilization in US adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional study.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2023Article
- Release, Reentry, and Reintegration During COVID-19: Perspectives of Individuals Recently Released from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.Health equity · 2023Article
- Association of Mental Health Services Access and Reincarceration Among Adults Released From Prison in British Columbia, Canada.JAMA network open · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth systems can be integral to addressing population health, including persons with incarceration exposure. Few studies have comprehensively integrated state-wide data to assess how the primary care system can impact criminal justice outcomes. We examined whether enhanced primary care can decrease future contact with the criminal justice system among individuals just released from prison.
methodsWe linked administrative data (2013-2016) of Connecticut Department of Correction, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Social Service, Court Support Services Division, and Department of Public Health to conduct a quasi-experimental study using propensity score matching of 94 participants who received enhanced primary care in Transitions Clinic to 94 controls not exposed to the programme. The propensity score included 23 variables, which encompassed participants' medical and incarceration history and service utilisation. The main outcomes were reincarceration rates and days incarcerated in the first year from the index date, which was either enrolment in the Transitions Clinic programme or release from prison in the control group.
resultsThe odds of reincarceration, including arrests and new convictions, were similar for the two groups, but Transitions Clinic participants had lower odds of returning to prison for a parole or probation technical violation (adjusted OR: 0.38; 95% CI 0.16 to 0.93) compared with the control group. Further, Transitions Clinic participants had fewer incarceration days (incidence rate ratio: 0.55; 95% CI 0.35 to 0.84) compared with the control group.
conclusionsEnhanced primary care for individuals just released from prison can reduce reincarceration for technical violations and shorten time spent within correctional facilities. This study shows how community health systems may play a role in current strategies to reduce prison populations.
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