Observational studyDrug and alcohol dependence2020
Impact of a jail-based treatment decision-making intervention on post-release initiation of medications for opioid use disorder.
Observational study in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of methamphetamine/amphetamine use on receipt and outcomes of medications for opioid use disorder: a systematic review.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2021Pooled it
- The impact of the communities that HEAL intervention on the provision of jail-based medication for opioid use disorder & linkage programs at release: Results from a randomized, wait-list controlled trial.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Trial
- Patient Perspectives on Offers of Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Social Determinants of Health and 1-Year Buprenorphine Initiation Among Justice-Involved Veterans.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Implementation of harm reduction strategies in criminal-legal systems: a scoping review of the literature.Health & justice · 2025Review
- Health Education Initiatives for People Who Have Experienced Prison: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Implementation of Substance Use Services to Justice-Involved Youth: Examining Barriers, Facilitators, and Best Practices.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2023Review
- Role of the Intersections of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation in the Association between Substance Use Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections in a National Sample of Adults with Recent Criminal Legal Involvement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Medications for opioid use disorder in state prisons: Perspectives of formerly incarcerated persons.Substance abuse · 2022Article
- Decisional considerations for methadone uptake in Kyrgyz prisons: The importance of understanding context and providing accurate information.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionOpioid use disorder (OUD) is common among people in jail and is effectively treated with medications for OUD (MOUD). People with OUD may have an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of OUD and MOUD, and of how to access care. We evaluated an OUD treatment decision making (TDM) intervention to determine whether the intervention increased MOUD initiation post-release.
methodsWe conducted an observational retrospective cohort study of the TDM intervention on initiation of MOUD, individuals with records data indicating confirmed or suspected OUD incarcerated in four eligible jails were eligible to receive the intervention. Time-to-event analyses of the TDM intervention were conducted using Cox proportional hazard modeling with MOUD as the outcome.
resultsCox proportional hazard modeling, with the intervention modeled as having a time-varying effect due to violation of the proportionality assumption, indicated that those receiving the TDM intervention (n = 568) were significantly more likely to initiate MOUD during the first month after release from jail (adjusted hazard ratio 6.27, 95 % C.I. 4.20-9.37), but not in subsequent months (AHR 1.33 95 % C.I. 0.94-1.89), adjusting for demographics, prior MOUD, or felony or gross misdemeanor arrest in the prior year compared to those not receiving the intervention (n = 3174).
conclusionThe TDM intervention was associated with a significantly higher relative hazard of starting MOUD, specifically during the first month after incarceration. However, a minority of all eligible people received any MOUD. Future research should examine ways to increase initiation on MOUD immediately after (or ideally during) incarceration.
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