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Understanding and Responding to the Complex Health Needs of Justice-Involved Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder  


Author:  Kimberly Gentry Sperber.


Source: Volume 31, Number 03, Spring 2022 , pp.7-13(7)




Journal of Community Justice (formerly Journal of Community Corrections)

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Abstract: 

This paper reviews some of the healthcare needs of justice-involved opioid dependent individuals, discusses implications for individual and public health, and identifies some practical strategies that agencies can use to more effectively address the needs of this population, with the goals of improving client health, public health, and public safety.

Keywords: Opioid use disorder (OUD), justice-involved individuals, drug overdose death rates, community corrections agencies, co-occurring disorders

Affiliations:  1: Talbert House.

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