2023
Being a Peer Community Health Worker: Restoring Ourselves and the Community.
Elumn J, Dempster D, Powers J, Saunders M, Johnson K, Hunt T, Puglisi L, Morse D. Being a Peer Community Health Worker: Restoring Ourselves and the Community. Progress In Community Health Partnerships Research Education And Action 2023, 17: 731-738. PMID: 38286786, DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2023.a914129.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
The Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN-PATHS): A hybrid type-1 effectiveness trial of enhanced primary care to improve opioid use disorder treatment outcomes following release from jail
Howell BA, Puglisi L, Clark K, Albizu-Garcia C, Ashkin E, Booth T, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Fiellin DA, Fox AD, Maurer KF, Lin HJ, McCollister K, Murphy S, Morse DS, Shavit S, Wang K, Winkelman T, Wang EA. The Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN-PATHS): A hybrid type-1 effectiveness trial of enhanced primary care to improve opioid use disorder treatment outcomes following release from jail. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2021, 128: 108315. PMID: 33583610, PMCID: PMC8319218, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransitions Clinic NetworkOpioid use disorderPrimary careTreatment cascadeClinic networkOpioid Use Disorder Treatment OutcomesMedical needData Safety Monitoring BoardStandard primary careCommunity health centersCommunity health workersPrimary care teamsSafety monitoring boardCause of deathDisorder treatment outcomesPatient's medical needsHistory of incarcerationPolicy-level barriersOUD treatmentCare teamEffectiveness trialHealth centersTreatment outcomesCommon causeOpioid overdose
2018
Health Literacy Among a Formerly Incarcerated Population Using Data from the Transitions Clinic Network
Hadden KB, Puglisi L, Prince L, Aminawung JA, Shavit S, Pflaum D, Calderon J, Wang EA, Zaller N. Health Literacy Among a Formerly Incarcerated Population Using Data from the Transitions Clinic Network. Journal Of Urban Health 2018, 95: 547-555. PMID: 29943227, PMCID: PMC6095766, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-018-0276-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransitions Clinic NetworkFirst clinic appointmentInadequate health literacyCommunity health workersNewest Vital SignHealth literacyClinic appointmentsCare utilizationClinic networkPrimary care patient populationChronic medical diseasesAcute care utilizationFirst medical visitEmergency room visitsHealth care utilizationRelevant patient characteristicsPatient characteristicsRoom visitsMedical visitsEmergency departmentPatient populationPrimary careChronic diseasesHealth workersMedical diseases