Feasibility of recruiting in prisons during a randomized controlled trial with people with serious mental illness.

Background: Successful participant recruitment is vital to the feasibly of intervention research. In the behavioral and social sciences, intervention researchers face a myriad of recruitment barriers, many of which stem from working in real-world settings and among hard-to-access populations. Optimizing recruitment efforts requires being intentional about study planning and resource allocation, carefully documenting the outcomes of recruitment efforts, and developing and implementing procedures and strategies to overcome anticipated recruitment barriers.

North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots Focus Attention on Housing as a Health Care Intervention.

The social conditions in which people live, including their housing, can have a profound impact on their health. The North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots aim to address housing problems and other social needs to improve health. The results from the Pilots' evaluation will have important implications for health policy and practice.

A Systematic Review of Interventions Targeting Criminogenic Risk Factors Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness.

Objective: Individuals with serious mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Research has found that interventions targeting risk factors for recidivism (i.e.