Importance Medicaid is the largest health insurance program by enrollment in the US and
has an important role in financing care for eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant …

Societal systems act individually and in combination to create and perpetuate structural
racism through both policies and practices at the local, state, and federal levels, which, in …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the number of admissions of pregnant people to US jails and the
outcomes of pregnancies that end in custody. METHODS: We prospectively collected …

Formerly incarcerated, homeless women on parole or probation experience individual-and
structural-level barriers and facilitators as they prepare to transition into the community …

Imprisonment has deleterious effects on prisoners' mental, physical, social, and economic
well-being. These harms are long lasting and affect prisoners' partners and children. In the …

Objectives Experiences with incarceration are linked to poor mental and physical health
across the life course. The purpose of this research is to examine whether incarceration …

Introduction This study examines the association of incarceration history and health
insurance coverage and coverage changes in the US Methods Individuals with and without …

Background Racial and ethnic minority status, structural racism, low educational attainment,
and poverty are consistently associated with cancer disparities and with higher rates of …

Rapidly rising drug overdose rates in the United States during the past decade underscore
the need to increase access to treatment among people with substance use disorders …

Importance Cancer is the leading cause of mortality in incarcerated individuals older than 45
years and the fourth leading cause of mortality overall. Health care professionals face …