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Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails and related training and resource needs: findings from a national interview study of jails in heavily impacted counties in the U.S.

Health & Justice, 2022
Background Jails are optimal settings in which to screen individuals for opioid use disorders (OUD) and provide needed services, especially medications for OUD (MOUD).
Christy K. Scott, Christine E. Grella, Michael L. Dennis, John Carnevale, Robin LaVallee   +4 more
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COVID-19 Preventive Measures in Northern California Jails: Perceived Deficiencies, Barriers, and Unintended Harms

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundCarceral facilities are high-risk settings for COVID-19 transmission. Little is known about the hidden burden of infection or practical barriers to infection control in these settings, especially in jails.
Yiran E. Liu, Yiran E. Liu, Christopher LeBoa, Marcela Rodriguez, Beruk Sherif, Chrisele Trinidad, Michael del Rosario, Sophie Allen, Sophie Allen, Christine Clifford, Jennifer Redding, Wei-ting Chen, Lisa G. Rosas, Carlos Morales, Alexander Chyorny, Jason R. Andrews   +15 more
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“The bottom line is that it is all about trust”: Interviews with Health Services Administrators about perceived barriers and facilitators to vaccine administration in jails

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
Background: Compared to the general population, individuals incarcerated in jails and prisons are more vulnerable to infection and mortality from communicable diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza.
Nicole Cassarino, Laura Lodolo, Emma Smyth, Megha Ramaswamy, Alysse Wurcel   +4 more
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Life During COVID for Court-Involved People

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2023
Data from a unique survey of court-involved New Yorkers collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 provides evidence for a cycle of disadvantage involving penal control, material hardship, and health risk.
Samantha Plummer, Timothy Ittner, Angie Monreal, Jasmin Sandelson, Bruce Western   +4 more
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Mental healthcare provider’s perceptions on the effectiveness and viability of telepsychiatry in Allegheny County Jail. [PDF]

The Young Researcher, 2023
Prior research has considered the lack of mental healthcare services offered to the inmates in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County Jail. However, there is limited research on how telepsychiatry impacts the mental health services provided in this jail, leading
Tiffany Habib
doaj  

The Compendium of U.S. jails: creating and conducting research with the first comprehensive contact database of U.S. jails

Health & Justice, 2021
Background Millions of people pass through U.S. jails annually. Conducting research about these public institutions is critical to understanding on-the-ground policies and practices, especially health care services, affecting millions of people. However,
Chelsea M. A. Foudray, Camille Kramer, Danielle S. Rudes, Carolyn Sufrin, Eliza Burr, Trisha Parayil   +5 more
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Jail-based treatment for opioid use disorder in the era of bail reform: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to implementation of a state-wide medication treatment initiative

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Background Until recently, few carceral facilities offered medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Although more facilities are adopting MOUD, much remains to be learned about addressing implementation challenges related to expansion of MOUD in ...
Noa Krawczyk, Sachini Bandara, Sydney Merritt, Hridika Shah, Alexandra Duncan, Brendan McEntee, Maria Schiff, N. Jia Ahmad, Sara Whaley, Amanda Latimore, Brendan Saloner   +10 more
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Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Optimizing antibiotic prescribing is a crucial element of the fight against antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic prescribing patterns in jails have not been studied. We established a baseline of antibiotic prescribing between Massachusetts jails.
Bart R. Szewczyk, Rebecca Tenner, Emily Grussing, Maureen Campion, Gabriela Andujar Vazquez, Tara Bylsma, Shira Doron, Alysse G. Wurcel   +7 more
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Burden of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus among the Incarcerated Population in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Background: Prison inmates are disproportionately affected by tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and other related infections, including hepatitis B and C, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Janmejaya Samal, Hari Singh
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Hepatitis C Testing Protocols Across Massachusetts Jails, 2022-2023: An Opportunity for Intervention [PDF]

Public Health Reports
Caitlin Farrell, Elizabeth Pino
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