Linking Former Inmates to Primary Care
Completed
Conditions studied: Hypertension, Substance Abuse, Asthma, Depression
In brief
The Transitions Clinic Network (TCN)aims to connect former inmates to primary care using trained, culturally competent primary care providers and community health workers (CHWs). The purpose of this project is to support ongoing quality improvement at the 13 participating sites by training culturally competent CHWs and measuring the health, health care utilization, and the costs of caring for former inmates.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01863290
- Run by
- Yale University
- People needed
- 816
- Starts
- 2013-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-10-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Recently-released from prison (within one month)
- Has >=1 chronic disease condition , and/or age >=50 years
- Plans to live in the TCN area for the duration of the study
- Understands English or Spanish and able to provide consent
You may not qualify if…
- Does not plan to live in the TCN area for the duration of the study
- Does not understand English or Spanish, or unable to provide consent
- Does not plan to receive healthcare through a TCN clinic
Where it is running
- University of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Contra Costa Health Services (East and West Contra Costa) — Martinez, California, United States
- Southeast Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
- Santa Clara Health Center — San Jose, California, United States
- Yale Primary Care Center — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- East Baltimore Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Morningside Clinic — New York, New York, United States
- Montefiore Transition Clinic — New York, New York, United States
- Medicine in Psychiatry Service clinic of the University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester, New York, United States
- Corporacion SANOS — Caguas, Puerto Rico
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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