2023
Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence
Tong G, Spell V, Horton N, Thornhill T, Keene D, Montgomery C, Spiegelman D, Wang E, Roy B. Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 1545. PMID: 37580653, PMCID: PMC10426138, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15997-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGun violenceHousing assistanceStructural racismHousing stabilityViolence exposureMulti-level interventionsCommunity gun violenceMulti-stakeholder coalitionsRental assistance programsCommunity-based organizationsHousing supportPolicy changesFinancial educationStable housingBeing of individualsViolenceTarget neighborhoodsCommunity membersNew HavenNeighborhood ratesAssistance programsOrganization leadersRacismHavenNeighborhood
2021
Post-incarceration outcomes for individuals who continued methadone treatment while in Connecticut jails, 2014–2018
Haas A, Viera A, Doernberg M, Barbour R, Tong G, Grau LE, Heimer R. Post-incarceration outcomes for individuals who continued methadone treatment while in Connecticut jails, 2014–2018. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 227: 108937. PMID: 34371235, PMCID: PMC8819627, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-fatal overdoseMethadone treatmentFatal overdosesOpioid use disorderSignificant decreaseCase-control studyMedication-based treatmentEligible menMethadone programsFatal overdoseUse disordersMethadoneOverdosePost-release outcomesGreater likelihoodTreatmentOverdosesOutcomesResumptionNew HavenCorrectional centresReincarceration