A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release

F.G. Kouyoumdjian, K.E. McIsaac, J. Liauw, S. Green, F. Karachiwalla, W. Siu, K. Burkholder, I. Binswanger, L. Kiefer, S.A. Kinner, M. Korchinski, Matheson, P. Young and S.W. Hwang

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 4, e13-e33

Abstract: We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of people during imprisonment or in the year after release. We searched 14 biomedical and social science databases in 2014, and identified 95 studies. Most studies involved only men or a majority of men (70/83 studies in which gender was specified); only 16 studies focused on adolescents. Most studies were conducted in the United States (n = 57). The risk of bias for outcomes in almost all studies was unclear or high (n=91). In 59 studies, interventions led to improved mental health, substance use, infectious diseases, or health service utilization outcomes; in 42 of these studies, outcomes were measured in the community after release. Improving the health of people who experience imprisonment requires knowledge generation and knowledge translation, including implementation of effective interventions. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Communicable Diseases; health promotion; health service; health status; human; Mental Disorders; mental health; organization and management; prisoner; public health; randomized controlled trial (topic); Substance-Related Disorders; utilization, Communicable Diseases; Health Promotion; Health Services; Health Status; Humans; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Prisoners; Public Health; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Substance-Related Disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302498

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