HEALTH OUTCOMES AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DIVERSION PROGRAMS FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENDERS: A MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS.

Health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of diversion programs for low-level drug offenders: A model-based analysis.

BackgroundCycles of incarceration, drug abuse, and poverty undermine ongoing public health efforts to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious disease in vulnerable populations.Jail diversion programs aim to divert low-level drug offenders toward community care resources, avoiding criminal justice costs and disruptions in treatment for H

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Piloting a mental health training programme for community health workers in South Africa: an exploration of changes in knowledge, confidence and attitudes

Abstract Background There is a shortage of trained mental health workers in spite of the significant contribution of psychiatric disorders to the global disease burden.Task shifting, through the delegation of health care tasks to less specialised health workers such as community health workers (CHWs), stickers logos dallas cowboys is a promising ap

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