Banta-Green, C. J., Floyd, A. S., Vick, K., Arthur, J., Hoeft, T. J., & Tsui, J. I. (2019). Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Decision Making And Care Navigation Upon Release From Prison: A Feasibility Study. Substance abuse and rehabilitation, 10, 57–67. https://doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S192045 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31695555/ 

This article documents the implementation of an intervention to link participants to ongoing MOUD and psychosocial supports following release from prison. Results show that early linkage to care is feasible and has broad acceptability among participants. However, due to low enrollment, the study intervention did not demonstrate the intended effect to facilitate use of MOUD immediately post-release. Nonetheless, this article provides insight into the benefits and limitations of this intervention, and creates an argument for introduction of prerelease medication initiation and that a two-part intervention should be studied in systems that initiate MOUD prior to release. This is a good article for those interested in learning more about the feasibility of MOUD care navigation post-release. 

Bottom Line: While low enrollment made generalizability difficult (15 individuals participated in this study), overall, participants found help from care navigators beneficial.