Justice-involved women (JIW) experience complex, chronic, and comorbid physical and mental health conditions that are exacerbated by incarceration and often go unaddressed post-release. Yet, there is a dearth of patient-centered outcomes research and comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) focused on interventions that can effectively meet the needs of JIW, even though the number of JIW in the United States has grown at a staggering rate over the past four decades.

The project team will develop a women’s justice-health alliance (WJHA) that is prepared to conduct PCOR/CER that JIW and the organizations that serve them are able and willing to participate in because (1) the topics align with their priorities and (2) the design of the PCOR/CER that results will minimize barriers to their participation. By the end of the project, the WJHA will be a robust network of individuals and organizations that are educated about PCOR/CER principles and well-prepared to collaboratively execute all phases of PCOR/CER including (1) identifying high-impact topics and questions and (2) planning, designing, and executing PCOR/CER.