Evaluating Vocational Materials for Incarcerated Veterans With Mental Illness or Substance Abuse
Evaluating Vocational Materials for Incarcerated Veterans With Mental Illness
調査の概要
詳細な説明
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BOJS, 2000) reported in 2000 over 225,000 veterans were incarcerated in the nations' criminal facilities; 1 in 5 of these veterans saw combat during service. Approximately 78,000 veterans annually will be released from incarceration with 30% of those released from incarceration are re-arrested within 3 months, 44.1% re-arrested at one year, and 67.5% within 3 years. These numbers are higher with those with serious mental illnesses: 54.3% re-arrest rates at one year and 72% at 3 years.
The living status that many of these veterans with felonies return to is dire. In a survey of dually diagnosed and mentally ill offenders, 22% of mentally ill offenders and 43% of mentally ill offenders with substance addiction believed they would be homeless upon release. Ex-felons often return to more disadvantaged communities where employment is scarce (La Vigne, Mamalian, Travis, & Visher, 2003). Employers are reluctant to hire those with a history of incarceration due to biases against ex-offenders or due to legal liability (Connerley, Arvey, & Bernardy, 2001) or other biases (Holzer, 1996). Overall, employers have been shown to be less likely to hire ex-convicts than those with little work experience or those who are receiving welfare benefits (Holtzer, 1996).
The goal of this study is to identify successful vocational re-integration modalities for mental health and/or substance dependent veterans recently released from incarceration and those with felony histories. Specific Goals are 1) test time to employment between manual conditions; 2) test total time employed over the 12 months following training period; and 3) test economic impact between manual conditions The study will be a controlled 3 group randomized design. The independent variable will be the amount of vocational services received. Veterans will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: 1) Basic vocational services but no manualized vocational program; 2) self-study of the manualized program; and 3) a full program consisting of the manualized program with vocational staff and peer vocational support specialists. All veterans enrolled in the study will have access to a Veteran's Employment Resource Center to provide infrastructure for job search.
Three primary dependent variables will be used. The first is the time till employment. The second is the total time employed during the 12 months following training. The third will be the economic impact of the training through differences in services required (e.g. emergency room visits, food stamps, cost of shelters, costs of rearrests) and income earned. Type of job skills, job history, and time incarcerated are some of the variables that potentially will be statistically controlled.
研究の種類
入学 (実際)
段階
- 適用できない
連絡先と場所
研究場所
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Texas
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Dallas、Texas、アメリカ、75216
- VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
説明
Inclusion Criteria:
- underemployed or unemployed
- has a mental health or substance dependence diagnosis
- desires to enter the workforce through competitive employment.
- History of at least one felony conviction
Emphasis will be placed on returning OEF/OIF veterans, combat veterans, and women veterans. Veterans entering the study can be recruited regardless of living situation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- pursuing disability benefits due to unemployability
- diagnosis of dementia or evidence of severe cognitive impairment
- impaired reality testing due to psychosis
- actively suicidal or homicidal.
研究計画
研究はどのように設計されていますか?
デザインの詳細
- 主な目的:処理
- 割り当て:ランダム化
- 介入モデル:並列代入
- マスキング:なし(オープンラベル)
武器と介入
参加者グループ / アーム |
介入・治療 |
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他の:Basic Vocational Services
Veteran receives basic vocational services
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Vocational services
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アクティブコンパレータ:Self-Study
Veteran participates in self-study vocational program
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Veteran receives self-study resources
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アクティブコンパレータ:Group program
Group based vocational program
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Veteran participates in group vocational program
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この研究は何を測定していますか?
主要な結果の測定
結果測定 |
メジャーの説明 |
時間枠 |
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Time Till Employment in Days
時間枠:12 months
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Number of days until first day of competitive employment
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12 months
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二次結果の測定
結果測定 |
メジャーの説明 |
時間枠 |
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Test Economic Impact Between Manual Conditions (e.g., Cost-benefit Ratio)
時間枠:12 months
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overall economic impact, in dollars, will be evaluated by the following formula: income - healthcare cost - cost of incarceration
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12 months
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協力者と研究者
捜査官
- 主任研究者:James P. LePage, PhD、VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
出版物と役立つリンク
一般刊行物
- Garcia-Rea E, LePage JP. Reliability and validity of World Health Organization Quality of Life-100 in homeless substance-dependent veteran population. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(4):619-25. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2007.03.0048.
- LePage JP, Washington EL, Lewis AA, Johnson KE, Garcia-Rea EA. Effects of structured vocational services on job-search success in ex-offender veterans with mental illness: 3-month follow-up. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2011;48(3):277-86. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2010.03.0032.
- LePage JP, Lewis AA, Washington EL, Davis B, Glasgow A. Effects of structured vocational services in ex-offender veterans with mental illness: 6-month follow-up. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(2):183-92. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2011.09.0163.
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最終確認日
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