Anticipated Barriers to Sustained Engagement in Treatment With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Release From Incarceration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the burden of opioid use disorder is disproportionately high among persons who are incarcerated, medications for opioid use disorder are often unavailable in correctional settings. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections provides all 3 classes of medications for opioid use disorder to clinically eligible persons who are incarcerated. Despite a decrease in fatal overdoses among persons with recent criminal legal system involvement since the program's implementation, barriers to continued engagement in treatment after release from incarceration still exist.

Methods

We conducted 40 semistructured, qualitative interviews with people who were incarcerated and enrolled in the comprehensive medications for opioid use disorder program at the Rhode Island Depar

SUBMITTER: Kaplowitz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892350 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature