2024
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Aminawung J, Puglisi L, Roy B, Horton N, Elumn J, Lin H, Bibbins-Domingo K, Krumholz H, Wang E. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: ejaha2024035683t. PMID: 39248257, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.035683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUncontrolled CVD risk factorsCardiovascular disease risk factor controlCVD risk factorsRisk factor controlFactor controlRisk factorsSocial determinant of cardiovascular healthCardiovascular diseaseProspective cohort study of individualsDeterminants of cardiovascular healthPublic health prevention effortsCardiovascular disease risk factorsCohort study of individualsHealth prevention effortsCross-sectional studyProspective cohort studyCarceral facilitiesCorrectional facilitiesSocial determinantsTailored interventionsTraditional risk factorsStudy of individualsAdversity scorePerceived stressCardiovascular healthHow Should a Medical-Legal Partnership Address Unique Needs of People With Criminal Legal System Involvement?
Puglisi L, Bhandary-Alexander J. How Should a Medical-Legal Partnership Address Unique Needs of People With Criminal Legal System Involvement? The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2024, 26: e634-639. PMID: 39088410, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCivil RightsCommunity Health WorkersCooperative BehaviorCriminal LawCriminalsHumansPrisonersUnited StatesConceptsMedical-legal partnershipCriminal legal system involvementLegal system involvementLegal needsCollateral consequences of mass incarcerationConsequences of mass incarcerationHealth-harming legal needsCivil legal needsState policy changesCollateral consequencesMass incarcerationLegal partnerMedical-legalPolicy changesCriminalsCommunity health workersIncarcerationPostreleaseSystem involvementUnique needsUnited StatesHealth workersCommunityPeopleNeeds“It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Rosenberg A, Puglisi L, Thomas K, Halberstam A, Martin R, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wang E. “It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0297518. PMID: 38354166, PMCID: PMC10866499, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncarcerated peopleCarceral settingsUnited States prisonsState prisonsMedical isolationCOVID-19 pandemicJailPrisonIsolation policyUnited StatesSocial relationshipsCOVID-19PolicyMental healthSocial contactPeopleIncarcerationPunishmentNegative impactFacility leadershipPandemicUnitsDiverse locationsEmploymentResults long term
2022
Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012–2019
Hawks L, Wang E, Butt A, Crystal S, Keith McInnes D, Re V, Cartwright E, Puglisi L, Haque L, Lim J, Justice A, McGinnis K. Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012–2019. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 113: 162-165. PMID: 36480765, PMCID: PMC9850617, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.307152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttending to cardiovascular disease risk factors after incarceration: A study of empowerment and structural barriers to care
Wright K, Zachary W, Puglisi LB, Butler K, Surkan PJ. Attending to cardiovascular disease risk factors after incarceration: A study of empowerment and structural barriers to care. Health & Social Care In The Community 2022, 30: e6112-e6121. PMID: 36178139, PMCID: PMC9771929, DOI: 10.1111/hsc.14048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiovascular DiseasesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansPrisonersRisk FactorsUnited StatesConceptsStructural barriersQualitative dataExperiences of peopleStudy of empowermentQualitative thematic analysisKey informantsEmpowerment theoryCardiovascular disease risk factorsThematic analysisState medical systemEmpowermentIncarcerationDisease risk factorsPersonal motivationRisk factorsTheoretical constructsUnited StatesPeopleInteractive discussion forumsDiscussion forumsImproved accessMedical systemHealthcare systemExperience difficultiesElevated CVD riskCost savings of a primary care program for individuals recently released from prison: a propensity-matched study
Harvey TD, Busch SH, Lin HJ, Aminawung JA, Puglisi L, Shavit S, Wang EA. Cost savings of a primary care program for individuals recently released from prison: a propensity-matched study. BMC Health Services Research 2022, 22: 585. PMID: 35501855, PMCID: PMC9059905, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07985-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost SavingsHumansMedicaidMental Health ServicesPrimary Health CarePrisonsUnited States
2021
Effectiveness 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
2020
Estimation of COVID-19 basic reproduction ratio in a large urban jail in the United States
Puglisi LB, Malloy GSP, Harvey TD, Brandeau ML, Wang EA. Estimation of COVID-19 basic reproduction ratio in a large urban jail in the United States. Annals Of Epidemiology 2020, 53: 103-105. PMID: 32919033, PMCID: PMC7480336, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2
2019
Cancer Prevalence Among Adults with Criminal Justice Involvement from a National Survey
Puglisi LB, Winkelman TNA, Gross CP, Wang EA. Cancer Prevalence Among Adults with Criminal Justice Involvement from a National Survey. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 35: 967-968. PMID: 31321602, PMCID: PMC7080908, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05177-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
What Does Health Justice Look Like for People Returning from Incarceration?
Puglisi L, Calderon JP, Wang EA. What Does Health Justice Look Like for People Returning from Incarceration? The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2017, 19: 903. PMID: 28905731, DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.ecas4-1709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsContinuity of Patient CareDelivery of Health CareHumansPrisonersPrisonsSocial JusticeTrustUnited States