Author:
Arias Sarah A.,Sperber Kimberly,Jones Richard,Taxman Faye S.,Miller Ted R.,Zylberfuden Sarah,Weinstock Lauren M.,Brown Gregory K.,Ahmedani Brian,Johnson Jennifer E.
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Recent jail detention is a marker for trait and state suicide risk in community-based populations. However, healthcare providers are typically unaware that their client was in jail and few post-release suicide prevention efforts exist. This protocol paper describes an effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating community suicide prevention practices triggered by advances in informatics that alert CareSource, a large managed care organization (MCO), when a subscriber is released from jail.
Methods
This randomized controlled trial investigates two evidence-based suicide prevention practices triggered by CareSource’s jail detention/release notifications, in a partial factorial design. The first phase randomizes ~ 43,000 CareSource subscribers who pass through any Ohio jail to receive Caring Contact letters sent by CareSource or to Usual Care after jail release. The second phase (running simultaneously) involves a subset of ~ 6,000 of the 43,000 subscribers passing through jail who have been seen in one of 12 contracted behavioral health agencies in the 6 months prior to incarceration in a stepped-wedge design. Agencies will receive: (a) notifications of the client’s jail detention/release, (b) instructions for re-engaging these clients, and (c) training in suicide risk assessment and the Safety Planning Intervention for use at re-engagement. We will track suicide-related and service linkage outcomes 6 months following jail release using claims data.
Conclusions
This design allows us to rigorously test two intervention main effects and their interaction. It also provides valuable information on the effects of system-level change and the scalability of interventions using big data from a MCO to flag jail release and suicide risk.
Trial registration
The trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05579600). Registered 27 June, 2023.
Funder
National Institute of Mental Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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