Andrea K Finlay, Sean Clark, Jessica Blue-Howells, Sherri Claudio, Matthew Stimmel, Jack Tsai, Alec Buchanan, Joel Rosenthal, Alex H S Harris, Susan Frayne
{"title":"Logic Model of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Role in Veterans Treatment Courts.","authors":"Andrea K Finlay, Sean Clark, Jessica Blue-Howells, Sherri Claudio, Matthew Stimmel, Jack Tsai, Alec Buchanan, Joel Rosenthal, Alex H S Harris, Susan Frayne","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) grew exponentially in the last decade with more than 550 courts, dockets and tracks operating in the U.S. Eligibility criteria and operating practices of VTCs vary widely. Existing logic models guide the activities of these courts, but do not explicitly address the distinct missions and priorities of different agencies that support VTCs. To facilitate communication and research to address this gap, we propose a logic model of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) role in VTCs. To construct the VA-VTC logic model, we adapted an existing logic model and held expert panels with VA staff, clinical leaders and researchers to discuss and refine the model. The VA-VTC logic model is a novel contribution to current thinking about VTCs and clarifies the potential resources, activities, outputs, outcomes and population impacts that are under the purview of the VA. Explicitly recognizing the VA as a separate partner in VTCs, this logic model can be a tool for communication with criminal justice agencies to facilitate broader discussions about the mechanisms driving VTC outcomes. This model can also be continuously updated as we learn from research and evaluation efforts about VTCs, ultimate improving the effectiveness of the VA's role in these courts.</p>","PeriodicalId":90486,"journal":{"name":"Drug court review","volume":"2 ","pages":"45-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996232/pdf/nihms-1038038.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37608406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David S Festinger, Karen L Dugosh, David S Metzger, Douglas B Marlowe
{"title":"The Prevalence of HIV Risk Behaviors among Felony Drug Court Participants.","authors":"David S Festinger, Karen L Dugosh, David S Metzger, Douglas B Marlowe","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>15 hiv risk behaviors in drug court: </strong>A small percentage of participants in a large metropolitan felony Drug Court engaged in high-risk injection drug use, but a large percentage engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors.</p><p><strong>16 hiv risk factors in drug court: </strong>HIV risk behaviors were associated with being male, African-American, and younger.</p><p><strong>17 geographic risk for hiv: </strong>A large proportion of Drug Court participants resided in areas of the city with a high prevalence of persons living with HIV/AIDS, thus heightening the probability of exposure to the virus.</p>","PeriodicalId":90486,"journal":{"name":"Drug court review","volume":"8 1","pages":"131-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191852/pdf/nihms-427391.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32741390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}