About this trial
People released from prison experience two times higher cardiovascular (CV) mortality than the general population, have a high prevalence of poor CV health and increased risk of CV events within 2 years of release. Access to high quality healthcare following release from prison is key to preventing poor health and CV outcomes. Our study team will investigate facilitators and barriers to health care access experienced by people released from prison.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Recenlty released from state prison into the Denver/Aurora Colorado metro area
Age 18 and older
Ability to understand study procedures in English or Spanish
No plans to leave the area for six months
Disqualifiers
On "current inmate" status or still under correctional observation (i.e., under locked confinement part of the day or night)
Plans to leave area within six months
Unable to consent
Trial population
We are enrolling people who were formerly in prison. People on probation or on parole are responsible for meeting their own needs for health care, in contrast to people currently in prison, who receive these services from the prison system. Thus, people recently released from prison are a high-risk group for a range of poor health outcomes and poor access to care. For these reasons, the focus of this investigation is on people recently released from prison.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Healthcare utilization
Clinic visits, emergency visits, hospitalization
Secondary outcomes
Cardiovascular hospitalization
Hospitalization for a cardiovascular condition
Death
All-cause death
Sponsors and contacts
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Kaiser Permanente
Lead sponsor
University of Colorado, Denver
Collaborator
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Collaborator
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Collaborator