Evaluation of a peer-based intervention to improve US military veterans’ engagement with services after incarceration

Post-Incarceration Engagement

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN18390498

Enrollment

240

Registered

2021-12-06

Start date

2022-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mental health, substance use disorders, suicide prevention, recidivism, homelessness, co-occurring disorders and physical health in Veterans recently released from incarceration Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

PIE is an enhancement to VA’s Health Care for Re-entry Veteran (HCRV) program. It includes intensive peer-specialist support to help link Veterans to services across multiple contexts including correc

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Veterans who were released from incarceration within the past year 2. Eligible for VA healthcare services 3. Wish to receive services from a PIE peer specialist at one of the sites offering the intervention

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Ineligible for VA healthcare services 2. Inability to speak English

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Primary care linkage is measured by any VA primary care visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in Post Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later 2. For participants with a mental health diagnosis, mental health care linkage is measured by any mental health care visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later 3. For participants with a substance use diagnosis, linkage to substance use treatment is measured by any substance use visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Primary care linkage is measured by any VA primary care visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in Post Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later 2. For participants with a mental health diagnosis, mental health care linkage is measured by any mental health care visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later 3. For participants with a substance use diagnosis, linkage to substance use treatment is measured by any substance use visit (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 90 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Linkage to housing services (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement program, whichever comes later 2. Recidivism for the first 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement program, whichever comes later, will be monitored by searching statewide and federal inmate locator systems and databases 3. Overdose deaths, which are identified in the US states’ opioid overdose databases, within 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Linkage to housing services (identified in the VA’s electronic medical record system) within 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement program, whichever comes later 2. Recidivism for the first 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement program, whichever comes later, will be monitored by searching statewide and federal inmate locator systems and databases 3. Overdose deaths, which are identified in the US states’ opioid overdose databases, within 180 days post-release from incarceration or post-enrollment in the Post-Incarceration Engagement Program, whichever comes later

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Countries

United States of America

Contacts

Public ContactJusteen;Angela Hyde;Kyrish

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Justeen.Hyde@va.gov;Angela.Kyrish@va.gov-;+1 512-663-2316

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026