2023
Cancer incidence among incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals: A statewide retrospective cohort study
Aminawung J, Soulos P, Oladeru O, Lin H, Gonsalves L, Puglisi L, Hassan S, Richman I, Wang E, Gross C. Cancer incidence among incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals: A statewide retrospective cohort study. Cancer Medicine 2023, 12: 15447-15454. PMID: 37248772, PMCID: PMC10417084, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Hispanic Black individualsScreen-detectable cancersStandardized incidence ratiosNon-Hispanic white individualsCancer incidenceGeneral populationStatewide retrospective cohort studyRetrospective cohort studyWhite individualsState tumor registryLower cancer incidenceBlack individualsHigher cancer incidenceIncarceration exposureCohort studyRetrospective cohortTumor RegistryIncidence ratiosIncarcerated individualsCancer screeningIncidence rateHigh incidenceConnecticut residentsEthnic strataIncidence
2021
Health care for people who are incarcerated
Puglisi LB, Wang EA. Health care for people who are incarcerated. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2021, 7: 50. PMID: 34238928, DOI: 10.1038/s41572-021-00288-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health systemHistory of incarcerationMedical conditionsHealth systemHealth careHigh rateIncarcerated individualsCareEffectiveness of interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission in a large urban jail: a model-based analysis
Malloy GSP, Puglisi L, Brandeau ML, Harvey TD, Wang EA. Effectiveness of interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission in a large urban jail: a model-based analysis. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e042898. PMID: 33597139, PMCID: PMC7893212, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 transmissionAsymptomatic testingStandard public health measuresUS jailsDynamic transmission modelCOVID-19Public health measuresEffectiveness of interventionsProportion of peopleLarge urban jailAsymptomatic populationNational guidelinesNew casesHealth measuresIntervention phaseUrban jailInterventionHospitalisationBasic reproduction ratioCorrectional settingsDeathIncarcerated individualsJail populationReproduction ratioAdditional measures
2019
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Incarcerated Individuals: a Review of the Literature and Focus on Patient Preference
Puglisi L, Bedell P, Steiner A, Wang E. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Incarcerated Individuals: a Review of the Literature and Focus on Patient Preference. Current Addiction Reports 2019, 6: 365-373. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-019-00283-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient preferencesMOUD treatmentUse disordersEffectiveness studiesOpioid use disorderChronic health conditionsNeed-based factorsPatient-centered researchCommon diagnosisPatients' perceptionsTreatment utilizationTreatment decisionsMOUDTreatment engagementIncarcerated peopleHealth needsMedicationsStudy designHealth conditionsVulnerable populationsTreatmentDisordersIncarcerated individualsFuture studiesCorrectional populations