2024
“It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Rosenberg A, Puglisi L, Thomas K, Halberstam A, Martin R, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wang E. “It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0297518. PMID: 38354166, PMCID: PMC10866499, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncarcerated peopleCarceral settingsUnited States prisonsState prisonsMedical isolationCOVID-19 pandemicJailPrisonIsolation policyUnited StatesSocial relationshipsCOVID-19PolicyMental healthSocial contactPeopleIncarcerationPunishmentNegative impactFacility leadershipPandemicUnitsDiverse locationsEmploymentResults long term
2023
Exploring Parental Incarceration, US Government Support Programs, and Child Health and Well-Being: A National Cross-Sectional Study
Tolliver D, Hawks L, Holaday L, Wang E. Exploring Parental Incarceration, US Government Support Programs, and Child Health and Well-Being: A National Cross-Sectional Study. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 264: 113764. PMID: 37777171, PMCID: PMC11451176, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild healthNational cross-sectional studyMental healthPhysical healthChild health dataAmerican Indians/Alaska NativesCross-sectional studyWorse child healthHealth dataGeneral healthChildren 6Higher oddsAttenuated associationOverall healthChild outcomesLogistic regressionWorse healthAlaska NativesProgram participationChildrenNational surveyOutcomesHealthAssociationParental incarcerationPersonal Health Libraries for People Returning From Incarceration: Protocol for a Qualitative Study
Foumakoye M, Britton M, Ansari E, Saunders M, McCall T, Wang E, Puglisi L, Workman T, Zeng-Treitler Q, Ying Y, Shavit S, Brandt C, Wang K. Personal Health Libraries for People Returning From Incarceration: Protocol for a Qualitative Study. JMIR Research Protocols 2023, 12: e44748. PMID: 37133907, PMCID: PMC10193212, DOI: 10.2196/44748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth information technologyPersonal Health LibraryInformation technologyMobile appsINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERTechnology resourcesMultiple providersCarceral facilitiesCommunity settingsComplex systemsHealth LibraryHealth care clinicsThematic outputsHealth informationAppsTechnologyCare clinicsJustice-involved individualsNetwork clinicsNetworkingMental healthInformationSocioeconomic statusCommunity livingProviders
2022
The Health and Health Needs of People under Community Supervision
Hawks L, Horton N, Wang E. The Health and Health Needs of People under Community Supervision. The Annals Of The American Academy Of Political And Social Science 2022, 701: 172-190. DOI: 10.1177/00027162221119661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-quality preventive careCommunity-based primary careCommunity-based healthcare systemEvidence-based addiction treatmentAddiction treatment centersExperience higher ratesDischarge planningPreventive carePrimary careChronic diseasesTreatment centersMental illnessHealth needsPoor healthAddiction medicineAddiction treatmentMental healthPoor accessHealthcare systemHigh rateHealthCorrectional systemCarePervasive barriersTreatment
2017
Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA
Wildeman C, Wang EA. Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA. The Lancet 2017, 389: 1464-1474. PMID: 28402828, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30259-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term improvementPublic health implicationsFamily membersHarms of incarcerationHealth disparitiesNegative health impactsMental healthPhysical healthFemale partnersHealth implicationsSeries paperHealth impactsPublic healthBlack womenBlack menHealthBlack populationIncarcerated menMenQuasi-experimental designHarmful effectsIncarceration