2024
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Aminawung J, Puglisi L, Roy B, Horton N, Elumn J, Lin H, Bibbins-Domingo K, Krumholz H, Wang E. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: ejaha2024035683t. PMID: 39248257, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.035683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUncontrolled CVD risk factorsCardiovascular disease risk factor controlCVD risk factorsRisk factor controlFactor controlRisk factorsSocial determinant of cardiovascular healthCardiovascular diseaseProspective cohort study of individualsDeterminants of cardiovascular healthPublic health prevention effortsCardiovascular disease risk factorsCohort study of individualsHealth prevention effortsCross-sectional studyProspective cohort studyCarceral facilitiesCorrectional facilitiesSocial determinantsTailored interventionsTraditional risk factorsStudy of individualsAdversity scorePerceived stressCardiovascular health“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
The sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper
Elumn J, Saeed G, Aminawung J, Horton N, Lin H, Yaggi H, Wang E. The sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 2107. PMID: 37884957, PMCID: PMC10605958, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16985-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCVD risk factor controlPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexRisk factor controlRisk factorsSleep healthCardiovascular healthCarceral facilitiesEpidemiology of CVDCardiometabolic risk factorsCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsOngoing prospective cohortProspective cohort studySleep Quality IndexPopulation-specific risk factorsHistory of incarcerationRest-activity patternsObjective measuresSTOP-BangCardiovascular outcomesCardiovascular riskCohort studyProspective cohortCVD epidemiologyFactor controlFor Health Equity, We Must End Mass Incarceration
Wang E, Shavit S. For Health Equity, We Must End Mass Incarceration. JAMA 2023, 330: 15-16. PMID: 37327003, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.8206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedication Access in Prisons and Jails—Some Answers, More Questions
Hawks L, Wang E. Medication Access in Prisons and Jails—Some Answers, More Questions. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e230167. PMID: 37058295, PMCID: PMC10590551, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0167.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Paths to Improving Pandemic Preparedness in Jails and Prisons: Perspectives of Incarcerated People and Correctional Staff
Puglisi L, Rosenberg A, Credle M, Negron T, Martin R, Maner M, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wang E. Paths to Improving Pandemic Preparedness in Jails and Prisons: Perspectives of Incarcerated People and Correctional Staff. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 112: s869-s873. PMID: 36446054, PMCID: PMC9707706, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.306956.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2013
A High Risk of Hospitalization Following Release From Correctional Facilities in Medicare Beneficiaries: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study, 2002 to 2010
Wang EA, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. A High Risk of Hospitalization Following Release From Correctional Facilities in Medicare Beneficiaries: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study, 2002 to 2010. JAMA Internal Medicine 2013, 173: 1621-1628. PMID: 23877707, PMCID: PMC4069256, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Incarceration, Incident Hypertension, and Access to Health Care: Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
Wang EA, Pletcher M, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Kertesz SG, Kiefe CI, Bibbins-Domingo K. Incarceration, Incident Hypertension, and Access to Health Care: Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. JAMA Internal Medicine 2009, 169: 687-693. PMID: 19364998, PMCID: PMC2829673, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge DistributionCohort StudiesCoronary DiseaseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansHypertensionIncidenceLongitudinal StudiesMalePredictive Value of TestsPrisonersPrisonsProbabilityRisk AssessmentSex DistributionSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsCoronary Artery Risk DevelopmentYoung Adults (CARDIA) studyIncident hypertensionVentricular hypertrophyAdult studiesRisk DevelopmentYoung adultsCardiovascular disease mortalityCardiovascular disease riskLeft ventricular hypertrophyTreatment of hypertensionHealth care accessIllicit drug useHistory of incarcerationAssociations of incarcerationPrior incarcerationFuture hypertensionDiabetes ratesProspective studyDisease mortalityCholesterol levelsIndependent associationHigh prevalenceHypertensionCare access