2022
The impact of COVID-19 on the treatment of opioid use disorder in carceral facilities: a cross-sectional study
Saunders E, Satcher M, Monico L, McDonald R, Springer S, Farabee D, Gryczynski J, Nyaku A, Reeves D, Kunkel L, Schultheis A, Schwartz R, Lee J, Marsch L, Waddell E. The impact of COVID-19 on the treatment of opioid use disorder in carceral facilities: a cross-sectional study. Health & Justice 2022, 10: 35. PMID: 36529829, PMCID: PMC9760540, DOI: 10.1186/s40352-022-00199-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid use disorderCommunity treatment programsTelemedicine useUse disordersOUD treatmentCross-sectional web-based surveyCross-sectional studyHealthcare deliveryCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicTelemedicine servicesDelivery of treatmentSevere COVIDOpioid treatmentCOVID-19 transmissionSystem involvementReferral practicesAdult studiesNew admissionsWeb-based surveyTreatment programDrug abuseNumber of personsService deliveryTelemedicine practice
2018
Risk behaviors and HIV care continuum outcomes among criminal justice-involved HIV-infected transgender women and cisgender men: Data from the Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain Harmonization Initiative
Beckwith CG, Kuo I, Fredericksen RJ, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Cunningham WE, Springer SA, Loeliger KB, Franks J, Christopoulos K, Lorvick J, Kahana SY, Young R, Seal DW, Zawitz C, Delaney JA, Crane HM, Biggs ML. Risk behaviors and HIV care continuum outcomes among criminal justice-involved HIV-infected transgender women and cisgender men: Data from the Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain Harmonization Initiative. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0197730. PMID: 29787580, PMCID: PMC5963777, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV care continuum outcomesCare continuum outcomesContinuum outcomesTransgender womenCisgender menViral suppressionHIV riskCondomless sexRisk behaviorsSexual partnersExchange sexMean percent adherenceCrack/cocaineMultiple sexual partnersRisk reduction interventionsHigh rateHIV continuumHIV infectionPercent adherenceCare outcomesHIVReduction interventionsCocaine useDrug abuseCJ system
2014
HIV in people reincarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails: an observational cohort study
Meyer JP, Cepeda J, Springer SA, Wu J, Trestman RL, Altice FL. HIV in people reincarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails: an observational cohort study. The Lancet HIV 2014, 1: e77-e84. PMID: 25473651, PMCID: PMC4249702, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(14)70022-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchViral suppressionHIV treatment outcomesInhibitor-based regimensObservational cohort studyHIV viral suppressionART regimenCohort studyRetrospective cohortPrimary outcomeViral loadPsychiatric comorbidityTreatment outcomesIdentification of individualsHIVJail detaineesLaboratory databaseTreatment potencyDrug abuseRNA copiesNational InstitutePrison releasePublic healthBlack menIncarceration periodsOutcomes