HHRI News & Press Releases
Medication Access for Opioid Use Disorder Lower Among Those Involved with Criminal Justice System
Medicaid Expansion Helped Increase Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, but Limitations Exist to Broadening Access. Approximately 6.5 million people are under correctional supervision in the United States on any given day. Justice-involved individuals (people currently or recently in prison or jail, on probation or parole, or arrested) experience…
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Walz, Flanagan Announce Groundbreaking Partnership Between State of Minnesota, Health Care Systems on Race and Ethnicity Data Collection
— State announces additional, targeted strategies to promote equity in vaccination — The Walz-Flanagan Administration announced publication of vaccination data by race and ethnicity made possible through the groundbreaking partnership between the State of Minnesota and the Minnesota Electronic Health Record (EHR) Consortium. This unique and innovative collaboration between public…
Read MoreHealth, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice (HHCJ)
Our Research Home » Our Research » Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice (HHCJ) Co-Director Dr. Kate Diaz Vickery is the Co-Director of the Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab PubMed @katediazvickery email: Katherine.Vickery@hcmed.org Dr. Vickery bio: Expand Dr. Vickery is a primary care doctor at Hennepin County Health Care for…
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Study: Rise in meth and opioid use during pregnancy
Usage rates among moms-to-be have spiked in the past decade, with a disparate boost among pregnant women who live in rural counties. Amphetamine and opioid use in pregnancy increased substantially over the last decade in the United States, a new Michigan Medicine-led study finds. And a disproportionate rise occurred in…
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Amphetamine-related hospitalizations surge between 2003 and 2015
An analysis conducted by Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota School of Public Health and University of Michigan researchers shows amphetamine-related hospitalizations increased more than 270 percent from 2008 to 2015, costing up to $2.17 billion per year. The study was recently published in JAMA Network Open. “It’s worrying,” said Associate Professor and co-author Nathan Shippee.…
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How is opioid use associated with health, other substance use, involvement in criminal justice system?
A public health approach to address the opioid epidemic in the United States needs to understand the populations of people affected, including their health, other substance use and any involvement they may have with the criminal justice system, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. This study…
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