Burden of infectious diseases, substance use disorders, and mental illness among Ukrainian prisoners transitioning to the community

L Azbel, JA Wickersham, Y Grishaev, S Dvoryak… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The epidemics of incarceration, substance use disorders (SUDs), and infectious
diseases are inextricably intertwined, especially in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Few …

Retention in HIV care during the 3 years following release from incarceration: a cohort study

KB Loeliger, JP Meyer, MM Desai, MM Ciarleglio… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Sustained retention in HIV care (RIC) and viral suppression (VS) are central to
US national HIV prevention strategies, but have not been comprehensively assessed in …

Propensity-matched study of enhanced primary care on contact with the criminal justice system among individuals recently released from prison to New Haven

EA Wang, H Lin, JA Aminawung, SH Busch… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Health systems can be integral to addressing population health, including
persons with incarceration exposure. Few studies have comprehensively integrated state …

Statin use and breast cancer recurrence in postmenopausal women treated with adjuvant aromatase inhibitors: a Danish population-based cohort study

S Harborg, U Heide-Jørgensen, TP Ahern… - Breast cancer research …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To examine the association between statin use and risk of breast cancer
recurrence in a national Danish cohort of postmenopausal breast cancer patients receiving …

A systematic review and meta-analyses on initiation, adherence and outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in incarcerated people

TG Fuge, G Tsourtos, ER Miller - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Incarcerated people are at increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infection relative to the general population. Despite a high burden of infection, HIV …

Understanding the revolving door: individual and structural-level predictors of recidivism among individuals with HIV leaving jail

JJ Fu, M Herme, JA Wickersham, A Zelenev, A Althoff… - AIDS and Behavior, 2013 - Springer
Incarceration, particularly when recurrent, can significantly compromise the health of
individuals living with HIV. Despite this, the occurrence of recidivism among individuals with …

Drug injection within prison in Kyrgyzstan: elevated HIV risk and implications for scaling up opioid agonist treatments

L Azbel, MP Wegman, M Polonsky… - International journal of …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Within-prison drug injection (WPDI) is a particularly high HIV risk behavior, yet has
not been examined in Central Asia. A unique opportunity in Kyrgyzstan where both …

Interventions to improve HIV care continuum outcomes among individuals released from prison or jail: systematic literature review

DM Woznica, NB Fernando, EJ Bonomo… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: HIV care continuum outcomes deteriorate among people returning from
incarceration. Interventions to improve care outcomes postincarceration have been …

Injecting drug use is an independent risk factor for reincarceration after release from prison: A prospective cohort study

RJ Winter, M Stoové, PA Agius… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Once involved in the criminal justice system, people who
inject drugs (PWID) have a high probability of multiple system encounters. Imprisonment …

Access to tablet injectable opioid agonist therapy in rural and smaller urban settings in British Columbia, Canada: a qualitative study

G Bardwell, JM Bowles, M Mansoor, D Werb… - … , prevention, and policy, 2023 - Springer
Background Rural and smaller urban settings in Canada are disproportionately impacted by
the overdose crisis, highlighting the need for novel public health interventions within these …