Arrest History and Health Among U.S. Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, 2022.

Introduction: Sexual and gender minority youth, who experience high mental and behavioral health needs, are overrepresented in the criminal legal system, which may exacerbate these needs. This study examined the associations between arrest history and mental and behavioral health among sexual and gender minority youth.

Methods: Using cross-sectional survey data from the 2022 LGBTQ+ National Teen Survey, this study created a case-control sample of 287 sexual and gender minority youth with an arrest history and 1,148 propensity-matched sexual and gender minority youth without an arrest history.

Predicting COVID-19 Outbreaks in Correctional Facilities Using Machine Learning.

Unlabelled: The risk of infectious disease transmission, including COVID-19, is disproportionately high in correctional facilities due to close living conditions, relatively low levels of vaccination, and reduced access to testing and treatment. While much progress has been made on describing and mitigating COVID-19 and other infectious disease risk in jails and prisons, there are open questions about which data can best predict future outbreaks. We used facility data and demographic and health data collected from 24 prison facilities in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections from March 2020 to May 2021 to determine which sources of data best predict a coming COVID-19 outbreak in a prison facility.

"We know what's going on in our community": A qualitative analysis identifying community assets that deter gun violence.

Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by gun violence. Unlocking potential community-led solutions could be the key to quelling the gun violence epidemic and its impact on these communities. In this qualitative study, we explored community perspectives on local assets that may prevent and mitigate gun violence.

Multilevel stigma and depression among a national sample of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ adolescents in the United States.

Limited research has examined how multiple forms of oppression (e.g., racism, heterosexism, transphobia)-manifesting across multiple levels (e.

Mental Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Incarcerated in Juvenile Corrections.

Objectives: This study examined differences by sexual and gender minority (SGM) and incarceration statuses in mental health indicators among youth.

Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional data are from the 2019 Minnesota Student Survey (N = 72 324) and includes public school students (Mage = 15.49) and youth incarcerated in juvenile correctional facilities (Mage = 15.

Cost savings of a primary care program for individuals recently released from prison: a propensity-matched study.

Background: Criminal justice system costs in the United States have exponentially increased over the last decades, and providing health care to individuals released from incarceration is costly. To better understand how to manage costs to state budgets for those who have been incarcerated, we aimed to assess state-level costs of an enhanced primary care program, Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), for chronically-ill and older individuals recently released from prison.

Methods: We linked administrative data from Connecticut Department of Correction, Medicaid, and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to identify a propensity matched comparison group and estimate costs of a primary care program serving chronically-ill and older individuals released from incarceration between 2013 and 2016.

Role of the Intersections of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation in the Association between Substance Use Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections in a National Sample of Adults with Recent Criminal Legal Involvement.

Limited research has focused on how substance use and sexual risk behaviors differ among individuals impacted by the criminal legal system based on social identities. Using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, we estimated relative risk for reporting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) among intersectional social groups with criminal legal involvement using a modified Poisson regression. We then utilized multivariate logistic regression and marginal effects to measure associations between substance use behaviors and STIs and to estimate whether these varied among the intersectional social groups with elevated STI rates.

Availability of Accessible Representative Health Data to Examine Sexual and Gender Minority Disparities in Incarceration and Its Health Implications in the United States, 2010-2020.

To facilitate identification of the impact of incarceration on the health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, we sought to identify publicly accessible, representative health datasets that assessed SGM status and incarceration history from 2010 to 2020 and to examine SGM disparities in lifetime incarceration experiences. Datasets were identified and analyzed through a multistep process: (1) content search of 76 health datasets; (2) consultation with 14 subject matter experts; (3) a systematic review; and (4) a data analysis stage. Utilizing the identified health datasets, we produced representative estimates of sexual minority (SM) incarceration disparities.

A pilot test of a treatment to address intersectional stigma, mental health, and HIV risk among gay and bisexual men of color.

We tested the feasibility and acceptability of a group therapy treatment that addresses the intersecting stigma-related stressors theorized to drive elevated mental health risk, sexual health risk, and their co-occurrence among Black and Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM). First, we modified an existing 10-week, one-on-one, cognitive-behavioral treatment addressing co-occurring health risks among GBM to develop a group-based, intersectionally informed treatment for GBM of color. Then, an open pilot was conducted ( = 21, across two cohorts) with young Black and Latino GBM.

Formerly Incarcerated Community Health Workers Engaging Individuals Returning From Incarceration Into Primary Care: Results From the Transition Clinic Network.

Over half a million individuals return from United States prisons and millions more from jails every year, many of whom with complex health and social needs. Community health workers (CHWs) perform diverse roles to improve health outcomes in disadvantaged communities, but no studies have assessed their role as integrated members of a primary care team serving individuals returning from incarceration. Using data from participants who received primary care through the Transitions Clinic Network, a model of care that integrates CHWs with a lived experienced of incarceration into primary care teams, we characterized how CHWs address participant health and social needs during interactions outside of clinic visits for 6 months after participants established primary care.

Exposure to Family Member Incarceration and Adult Well-being in the United States.

Importance: More than half of the adult population in the United States has ever had a family member incarcerated, an experience more common among Black individuals. The impacts of family incarceration on well-being are not fully understood.

Objective: To assess the associations of incarceration of a family member with perceived well-being and differences in projected life expectancy.

Effectiveness of interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission in a large urban jail: a model-based analysis.

Objectives: We aim to estimate the impact of various mitigation strategies on COVID-19 transmission in a US jail beyond those offered in national guidelines.

Design: We developed a stochastic dynamic transmission model of COVID-19.

Setting: One anonymous large urban US jail.

Minority stress, psychosocial health, and survival among gay and bisexual men before, during, and after incarceration.

Gay and bisexual men (GBM) are incarcerated at nearly twice the rate as the general United States male population. Minority stress, namely the unique social stressors related to anti-GBM stigma and discrimination, is central to GBM's experiences in ways that might put them at risk of incarceration and psychosocial risks during and after incarceration. In this qualitative study, we examined how GBM navigate minority stress and how this navigation influences their psychosocial health before, during, and after incarceration.

Estimation of COVID-19 basic reproduction ratio in a large urban jail in the United States.

Purpose: To estimate the basic reproduction ratio () of SARS-CoV-2 inside a correctional facility early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: We developed a dynamic transmission model for a large, urban jail in the United States. We used the next generation method to determine the basic reproduction ratio We included anonymized data of incarcerated individuals and correctional staff with confirmed COVID-19 infections in our estimation of the basic reproduction ratio () of SARS-CoV-2.