A5016965851- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Sex work and related issues
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Disaster Response and Management
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
Duke University
2023-2025
Brown University
2015-2024
Hollins University
2023
Harvard University Press
2023
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016-2023
University of California, San Francisco
2017-2023
Centre for Health Equity Studies
2017-2023
Tufts University
2023
Tufts Medical Center
2023
NC Department of Health and Human Services
2022
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention strategy. There little scientific consensus about how to measure PrEP program implementation progress. We draw on several years of experience in implementing programs and propose a continuum care that includes: (1) identifying individuals at highest risk for contracting HIV, (2) increasing awareness among those individuals, (3) enhancing awareness, (4) facilitating access, (5) linking care, (6) prescribing PrEP, (7) initiating...
This analysis examines the association of death from overdose among individuals released Rhode Island correctional system after implementation a comprehensive program medications for addiction therapy.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a biomedical intervention that can reduce rates of HIV transmission when taken once daily by HIV-negative individuals. Little understood about PrEP uptake and retention in care among the populations most heavily impacted epidemic, particularly young men who have sex with (YMSM) Deep South. Therefore, this study explored structural, social, behavioral, clinical factors affect use YMSM Jackson, Mississippi. Thirty MSM were prescribed at an outpatient primary...
The primary aim of this paper is to explicate the mechanisms through which incarceration affects health. Guided by theories that emphasize compounding nature inequality and with a focus on those are disproportionately impacted drastic increase over last three decades, an exploration these undertaken. This investigation provides better understanding issues faced incarcerated individuals in environment, after release, via macro-level policy. Finally, hypothetical heuristic framework presented...
COVID-19 Exposes Need for Progressive Criminal Justice Reform possible.Immediate action will have a positive impact on slowing the spread of and should become standard practice to alleviate health harms caused by mass incarceration.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing epidemic of mass incarceration are closely intertwined, as entered US prisons jails at astounding rates. Although observers warned swiftness with which could devastate people who held work in jails, their warnings were not heeded quickly enough. Incarcerated populations deprioritised, infected killed those rates that outpaced among general population. highlighted what has been long-known: is a key component structural racism creates exacerbates health...
Restrictive housing, otherwise known as solitary confinement, during incarceration is associated with poor health outcomes.To characterize the association of restrictive housing reincarceration and mortality after release.This retrospective cohort study included 229 274 individuals who were incarcerated released from North Carolina prison system January 2000 to December 2015. Incarceration data matched death records 2016. Covariates age, number prior incarcerations, type conviction, mental...
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of studying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine candidates in prisoners, and proposes a framework for considering how to include them safely, ethically, without coercion future phase 3 trials.
People in prison are particularly vulnerable to infectious disease due close living conditions and the lack of protective equipment. As a result, public health professionals administrators seek information guide best practices policy recommendations during COVID-19 pandemic. Using latent profile analysis, we sought characterize Texas prisons on levels cases deaths among incarcerated residents, staff. This observational study was secondary data analysis publicly available from Department...
Abstract Background Multiple large outbreaks of COVID-19 have been documented in prisons and jails across regions the world, with hazardous environmental conditions amplify risks exposure for both incarcerated people correctional staff. The objectives this study are to estimate cumulative prevalence cases among U.S. prison staff over time compare it inmate population general population, overall, examine risk infection jurisdictions. Methods We use publicly available data (April 22, 2020...
Abstract Background COVID-19 has entered United States prison systems at alarming rates. Disparities in social and structural determinants of health disproportionately affect those experiencing incarceration, making them more vulnerable to COVID-19. Additionally, prisons are sites congregate living, it impossible practice distancing, most have relied only on incremental measures reduce risk spread To fully understand the impact that is having incarcerated populations, critical systematic...
SARS-CoV-2 Positivity after Vaccination in a Prison In this study involving 2380 vaccinated persons Rhode Island prison complex, there were 27 breakthrough cases of Covid-19, all which were...
COVID-19 and mass incarceration are closely intertwined with prisons having case rates much higher than the general population. has highlighted relationship between health, but prior work not explored how spread in communities have influenced prisons. Our objective was to understand population located same county.Using North Carolina's (NC) Department of Health Human Services data, this analysis examines all tests conducted NC from June-August 2020. Using interrupted time series analysis, we...
COVID-19 and mass incarceration: a call for urgent actionAs of September 23, 2020, the USA had both highest number cases largest incarcerated population in world.Approximately 2•3 million people are currently prisons jails USA.More than 6•5 individuals under daily correctional supervision, which includes probation parole, representing 2•6% entire US adult population.Due to systemic racism, Black have been disproportionately affected by incarceration COVID-19.Nearly one-third men will face...
Few settings have been as dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic jails and prisons across United States. The majority of largest national outbreaks taken place in carceral facilities with some reporting positive testing rates over 70%, [[1]Macmadu A. Berk J. Kaplowitz E. Mercedes M. Rich J.D. Brinkley-Rubinstein L mass incarceration: a call for urgent action.Lancet Public Health. 2020; 5: e571-e572Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (24) Google Scholar]. FDA has granted emergency use...
Objectives. To compare opioid overdose death (OOD) rates among formerly incarcerated persons (FIPs) from 2016 to 2018 with the North Carolina population and OOD 2000 2015. Methods. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 259 861 FIPs linked records. used indirectly standardized mortality ratios present 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results. From 2017 2018, in general decreased by 10.1% but increased 32% FIPs. During highest substance-specific rate was attributable synthetic narcotics...