Articles
Press
O’Brian, Amy. Life on the Outside. Vancouver Magazine. 2017. 50(8):13-14. pdf
Journal Articles
Below is a selected list of articles related to CCPHE projects.
2012
O’Gorman CM, Martin MS, Oliffe JL, Leggo C, Korchinski M, *Martin RE. Community Voices in Program Development: The Wisdom of Individuals With Incarceration Experience. Can J Public Health. 2012; Sep/Oct: 379 – 383. [pdf]
2016
Martin RE, Turner R, Howett L, Howard T, Hanberg D, Buxton JA, Moravan V, Oliffe JL. Twelve Committed Men: the Feasibility of a Community-Based Participatory HIV-Prevention Intervention within a Canadian Men’s Correctional Facility. Glob Health Promot. 2016 Oct 25. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1757975916659045
2017
Stitilis B, Martin RE. HIV ARVs called “non-benefit drugs” on PharmaNet Issue: BCMJ, Vol. 59, No. 7, September 2017, p380. http://www.bcmj.org/pulsimeter/hiv-arvs-called-%E2%80%9Cnon-benefit-drugs%E2%80%9D-pharmanet
Janssen P, Korchinski M, Desmarais S, Albert A, CondelloL-L, Buchanan M, Granger-Brown A, Ramsden V, Fels L, Buxton J, Leggo C, Martin RE. Factors That Support Successful Transition to Community among Women Leaving Prison in British Columbia: A Prospective Cohort Study. CMAJ Open. http://cmajopen.ca/content/5/3/E717
2018
Oliffe JL, Hanberg D, Hannan-Leith MN, Bergen C, Martin RE. “Do You Want to Go Forward or Do You Want to Go Under?” Men’s Mental Health in and Out of Prison. American Journal of Men’s Health. March, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988318765923
McLeod KE, Martin RE. Health in correctional facilities is health in our communities. CMAJ. 2018 Mar 12; 190(10): E274-E275. http://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/10/E274
2022
Kurz M, Dale LM, Min JE, Hongdilokkul N, Greiner L, Olley M, et al. Opioid agonist treatment uptake within provincial correctional facilities in British Columbia, Canada. Addiction. 2022;117(5):1353-1362. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15737
Palis H, Zhao B, Young P, Korchinski M, Greiner L, Nicholls T, et al. Stimulant use disorder diagnosis and opioid agonist treatment dispensation following release from prison: a cohort study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2022;17(1):77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00504-z
Palis H, Hu K, Rioux W, Korchinski M, Young P, Greiner L, et al. Association of mental health services access and reincarceration among adults released from prison in British Columbia, Canada. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(12):e2247146. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47146
2023
Korchinski M, Young P, McBride C, Luk N, Palis H, Slaunwhite AK. Evaluating a peer-led intervention to support clients to vacate warrants following release from prison: a case study from British Columbia, Canada. Popul Med. 2023;5(suppl). https://doi.org/10.18332/popmed/163840
Kinner S, Puglisi L, Bukten A, Stavseth MR, Slaunwhite AK, Korchinski M, Butler A, Pearce L, Borschmann R. Incarceration, inclusion, and health equity: evidence, perspectives, and future directions. Popul Med. 2023;5(suppl). https://doi.org/10.18332/popmed/164982
Young P, Luk N, Korchinski M, Palis H, Mahil S, Xavier J, Slaunwhite AK. Guiding principles of a peer-led intervention to support the transition to community among people released from prison in British Columbia, Canada. Popul Med. 2023;5(suppl). https://doi.org/10.18332/popmed/163859
2024
Palis H, Young P, Korchinski M, Wood S, Xavier J, Luk N, et al. “Shared experience makes this all possible”: documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17524-4
Borschmann R, Keen C, Spittal MJ, Preen D, Pirkis J, Larney S, et al. Rates and causes of death after release from incarceration among 1,471,526 people in eight countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Lancet. 2024;403(10438):1779-1788. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00344-1
McLeod KE, Buxton JA, Karim ME, Martin RE, Nosyk B, Kurz M, et al. Receipt of opioid agonist treatment in provincial correctional facilities in British Columbia is associated with a reduced hazard of nonfatal overdose in the month following release. PLoS One. 2024;19(7):e0306075. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306075
2025
Albaini O, Laprise F, Anderson-Apopei J, Bartlett SR, Brown A, Goralczyk K, et al. Trends in hepatitis C care in Canada’s provincial and territorial prisons from 2020 to 2024. Canadian Liver Journal. 2025;8(4):523-539. https://doi.org/10.3138/canlivj-2025-0030
Ali F, Russell C, Torres-Salbach S, Lo M, Bonn M, Bardwell G, et al. Experiences of stigmatization among people who use drugs in the initial year of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy: A qualitative study. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 May;139:104791. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104791 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395925000908
Ali F, Russell C, Law J, Imtiaz S, Budau J, Shahin R, et al. Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey. Harm Reduct J. 2025 Jul 18;22(1):122. doi:10.1186/s12954-025-01276-y https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-025-01276-y
Ali F, Mende-Gibson J, Russell C, Torres-Salbach S, Bardwell G, Bonn M, et al. Stable patterns, shifting risks: the impact of British Columbia’s decriminalization and recriminalization policies on drug use behaviours. Harm Reduct J. 2025 Oct 14;22(1):168. doi:10.1186/s12954-025-01322-9 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-025-01322-9
Budau J. What does it mean when you say “it works”? User perspectives on stimulant agonist therapy (STAT) (Doctoral dissertation. University of Northern British Columbia). https://unbc.arcabc.ca/dissertations-and-theses/30556
Goodman A, Keeble J, Pocrnich A. Unsilencing Stories: Creating a Counter-Memorial Podcast with Bereaved People Affected by Canada’s Opioid Overdose Crisis. Journal Pract. 2025 Nov 2;19(11):2671–92. doi:10.1080/17512786.2024.2314721 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2024.2314721#abstract
McQuarrie L, Dasgupta D, Nicholls T, Elwood Martin R, McLeod KE, Kinner S, et al. Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: A retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada. Health Justice. 2025;14(3). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00389-7
Young S, Fairbairn N, Cui Z, Bach P, Mok WY, Budau J, et al. Association between prescribed stimulant medications and overdose among individuals receiving opioid agonist therapy: A retrospective cohort study from British Columbia, Canada. Addiction. 2025 Jun;120(6):1184–94. doi:10.1111/add.16760 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.16760
2026
Palis H, Vincent J, Budau J, Hu K, Tu A. Distinguishing chronic disease profiles and cause of death attribution in opioid and or stimulant toxicity deaths to inform overdose prevention efforts. Addiction. 2026 May;121(5):1327–8. doi:10.1111/add.70340 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.70340
Slaunwhite AK. Rondeau K. Roth K. Budau J. Sabadas E. Nicholls TL. Krishnamoorthy A. Butler A. Mead A. McQuarrie L. The triple burden experienced by incarcerated people in British Columbia: Mental illness, substance use, and poverty. BC Med J. 2026 Apr;68(3):100-104. https://bcmj.org/sites/default/files/BCMJ_Vol68_No3_complete.pdf#page=16