2023
Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities
Barocas J, Nall S, Axelrath S, Pladsen C, Boyer A, Kral A, Meehan A, Savinkina A, Peery D, Bien M, Agnew-Brune C, Goldshear J, Chiang J, Linas B, Gonsalves G, Bluthenthal R, Mosites E, Wortley P, Todd J, Melton D, Flynn C, German D, Klevens M, Doherty R, O'Cleirigh C, Jimenez A, Clyde T, Poe J, Vaaler M, Deng J, Al-Tayyib A, Shodell D, Higgins E, Griffin V, Sanger C, Khuwaja S, Lopez Z, Padgett P, Kwa Sey E, Ma Y, Santacruz H, Brantley M, Mathews C, Marr J, Spencer E, Nixon W, Forrest D, Anderson B, Tate A, Abrego M, Robinson W, Barak N, Beckford J, Braunstein S, Rivera A, Carrillo S, Ibrahim A, Wogayehu A, Moraga L, Brady K, Shinefeld J, Nnumolu C, Menza T, Orellana E, Bhattari A, Flynn A, Chambers O, Ramos M, McFarland W, Lin J, Miller D, Miranda De Leon S, Rolon-Colon Y, Martinez M, Jaenicke T, Glick S, Kienzle J, Smith B, Reid T, Opoku J, Kuo I, Adams M, Baugher A, Broz D, Burnett J, Chambers S, Chapin-Bardales J, Denning P, Finlayson T, Handanagic S, Hickey T, Kanny D, Lee K, Lewis R, Morris E, Olansky E, Robbins T, Sionean C, Smith A, Teplinskaya A, Trujillo K, Wejnert C, Whiteman A, Xia M. Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities. JAMA 2023, 329: 1478-1486. PMID: 37036716, PMCID: PMC10087093, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.4800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational HIV Behavioral Surveillance SystemInitiation of medicationInjection-related infectionsOpioid use disorderUse disordersHealth effectsInjection drug useLong-term health effectsDrug-related morbidityPopulation attributable fractionBehavioral Surveillance SystemSubstance use disordersMAIN OUTCOMEOverdose deathsRepresentative cohortAdditional deathsOverdose mortalityHealth outcomesDrug useNatural historyDisease controlMortalityDisorder outcomesDrugsHealth implications
2022
Prioritization of carceral spending in U.S. cities: Development of the Carceral Resource Index (CRI) and the role of race and income inequality
Skaathun B, Maviglia F, Vo A, McBride A, Seymour S, Mendez S, Gonsalves G, Beletsky L. Prioritization of carceral spending in U.S. cities: Development of the Carceral Resource Index (CRI) and the role of race and income inequality. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0276818. PMID: 36520883, PMCID: PMC9754598, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarceral systemRole of raceU.S. citiesLarge U.S. citiesTerms of incomeSocial supportCarceral institutionsStructural racismBudgetary prioritiesEconomic disparitiesEthnic compositionBudget prioritiesGovernment investmentBlack residentsWhite residentsPopulation concentrationSocial conflict modelIncome inequalityBudgetary investmentsEconomic profileInvestment prioritiesSupportive servicesConflict modelStrong prioritizationResource index