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Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract

Optimizing continuity-of-care opportunities to reduce health risks: shared qualitative perspectives from CJDATS 2 research

Authors: Jennifer Pankow, Yang Yang, Kevin Knight, Wayne EK Lehman

Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice | Special Issue 1/2015

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Current Texas Christian University (TCU) research focuses on reducing risk for relapse and other health-related behaviors associated with HIV, HBV, and HCV. The WaySafe curriculum was developed for prisoners in the last phase of their substance abuse treatment before transitioning back to the community, and was designed to improve decisionmaking and recognizing and planning for risky situations. A critical next step is to shift the setting from incarceration to a community setting with probationers during the high-risk transition period after release from prison or completion of residential or intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment. Literature supports the importance of prevention programs [1] as part of the continuity-of-care for offenders and probationers in addressing some service gaps (in the continuum), which are widely recognized to reduce the likelihood of successful client outcomes [2, 3]. …
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Title
Optimizing continuity-of-care opportunities to reduce health risks: shared qualitative perspectives from CJDATS 2 research
Authors
Jennifer Pankow
Yang Yang
Kevin Knight
Wayne EK Lehman
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-10-S1-A46

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