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A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions to Improve the Health of Persons During Imprisonment and in the Year After Release

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 …

Authors

Kouyoumdjian FG; McIsaac KE; Liauw J; Green S; Karachiwalla F; Siu W; Burkholder K; Binswanger I; Kiefer L; Kinner SA

Journal

American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 105, No. 4, pp. e13–e33

Publisher

American Public Health Association

Publication Date

April 2015

DOI

10.2105/ajph.2014.302498

ISSN

0090-0036