Evaluation of a peer-based intervention to improve US military veterans’ engagement with services after incarceratio

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• Conditions: Mental health, substance use disorders, suicide prevention, recidivism, homelessness, co-occurring disorders and physical health in Veterans recently released from incarceration; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18390498
• Lead Sponsor: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 20 February 2023
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

1. Veterans who were released from incarceration within the past year
2. Eligible for VA healthcare services
3. Wish to receive services from a PIE peer specialist at one of the sites offering the intervention

Exclusion Criteria

1. Ineligible for VA healthcare services
2. Inability to speak English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Primary care linkage is measured by any VA primary care visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in Post Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later<br> 2. For participants with a mental health diagnosis, mental health care linkage is measured by any mental health care visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later<br> 3. For participants with a substance use diagnosis, linkage to substance use treatment is measured by any substance use visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Linkage to housing services (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement program, whichever comes later<br> 2. Recidivism for the first 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement program, whichever comes later, will be monitored by searching statewide and federal inmate locator systems and databases<br> 3. Overdose deaths, which are identified in the US states’ opioid overdose databases, within 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later<br>