2012
Isoniazid preventive therapy in correctional facilities: a systematic review [Review article]
Al-Darraji HA, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Isoniazid preventive therapy in correctional facilities: a systematic review [Review article]. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2012, 16: 871-879. PMID: 22410101, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIsoniazid preventive therapyIPT initiationPreventive therapySystematic reviewHuman immunodeficiency virus statusCompletion ratesPrevalent adverse reactionsCorrectional facilitiesIPT effectivenessTreatment interruptionActive tuberculosisViral hepatitisMiddle-income countriesTB controlAdverse reactionsRisk factorsVirus statusEligible studiesCommunity settingsTuberculosisLow-income countriesMajor causeJail settingsAdverse effectsInternational recommendations
2007
Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Therapy
Bruce R, Smith-Rohrberg D, Altice F. Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Therapy. 2007, 385-411. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71695-4_23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPharmacological treatmentSubstance abuseSerious public health concernEvidence-based therapiesTreatment of cocainePublic health concernCorrectional health careAvailable medicationsMethamphetamine abuseHealth concernNew drugsHealth careChemical dependencyTreatmentIncarcerated populationsAbuseCorrectional facilitiesMedicationsBuprenorphinePharmacotherapyNaltrexoneMethadoneTherapyDisulfiramCare
2005
Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Resch S, Altice FL, Paltiel AD. Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2005, 38: 163-173. PMID: 15671801, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000146598.40301.e6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric HIV casesPregnant womenIncarcerated pregnant womenAntiretroviral therapyHIV casesPediatric HIV infectionChild HIV transmissionHIV voluntary counselingHigh-risk populationRate of infectionDecision analytic modelHealth care expendituresHIV screeningHIV infectionVoluntary counselingHIV statusNewborn testingHIV transmissionHIV preventionPrison entrantsNew infectionsHIVTreatment resourcesNewborn screeningCorrectional facilitiesHIV testing in correctional institutions: evaluating existing strategies, setting new standards.
Basu S, Smith-Rohrberg D, Hanck S, Altice FL. HIV testing in correctional institutions: evaluating existing strategies, setting new standards. AIDS & Public Policy Journal 2005, 20: 3-24. PMID: 17260566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testing protocolHIV testing strategiesCommunity-based careSubstance abuse treatmentAntiretroviral therapyDepth counselingTesting strategiesHealth statusAbuse treatmentMental healthCorrectional facilitiesRoutine testingPublic healthCorrectional settingsPrison settingTreatmentCounseling policiesHealthTesting protocolSettingHIVTestingTherapyCorrectional systemCare