Overview of a Pilot Health-focused Reentry Program for Racial/Ethnic Minority Probationers ages 18 to 26 in Southern California

There is a significant gap in reentry programming that is tailored to the needs of young adults ages 18 to 26 who are in a unique developmental life stage that involves ongoing maturity in their neurobiology, cognitive development, and social and financial transitions to adulthood and independence. This article describes the structure and approach of a 6-month health-focused reentry program designed for racial/ethnic minority young adult (YA) probationers in Southern California. The UCSD RELINK program includes service navigation and an optional psychoeducation health coaching program to build health literacy, problem-solving, and executive functioning skills relevant across multiple life domains. We describe participant characteristics and service needs at intake. Between 2017 and 2019, 122 YA probationers ages 18 to 26 responded to interviewer-administered baseline surveys. Participants needed basic services including housing, nutrition assistance, employment, and educational/vocational training. Depression and anxiety symptoms, Adverse Childhood Events, trauma, and unmet physical and mental health care needs were pervasive. Given the dearth of research on reentry programming for YA, this article documents the approaches taken in this multi-pronged health-focused reentry program to ensure that the program was tailored to YA reentrants' comprehensive needs. These data serve to concretely illustrate the range of needs and how YA reentrants view their own health and social needs in the context of multiple competing demands; such data may be useful for program planners and policymakers seeking to advance service delivery for YA minority reentrants.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology - 66(2022), 12 vom: 12. Sept., Seite 1303-1326

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ojeda, Victoria D [VerfasserIn]
Berliant, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Lyles, Maurice [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Todd M [VerfasserIn]
Jimenez, Cielo [VerfasserIn]
Linke, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Hiller-Venegas, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Lister, Zephon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Health coaching
Health disparities
Journal Article
Mental health
Peer provider
Probation
Racial/ethnic minority
Reentry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Service navigation
Young adult

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Date Completed 27.07.2022

Date Revised 27.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0306624X211013739

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325315027