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Publications

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2023

Steely Smith, M. K., Wilson, S. K., & Zielinski, M. J. (In press). An integrative literature review of substance use treatment service need and provision to incarcerated pregnant and postpartum populations. Women’s Health. [accepted 12/8/22; online 3/15/23]

Zielinski, M. J., Alkov, D., McCauley, E., Aminawung, J. A., Shavit, S., & Wang, E. A. (Online first). Characteristics of recently incarcerated primary care patients with and without a positive PTSD screening upon clinic intake. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. [accepted 10/21/22; online 2/8/23]

Zielinski, M. J., Allison, M. K., Steely Smith, M. K., Curran, G., Kaysen, D., & Kirchner, J. E. (2023). Implementation of Cognitive Processing Therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, 193-204.

Allison, M.K., Curran, G., Walsh, W.A., Dworkin, E.R., & Zielinski, M. J. (2023). Factors affecting telemedicine implementation in emergency departments and nurses’ perceptions of virtual SANE consultation for sexual assault survivors. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 19(1), 41-49.

2022

Wilson, S. H., Marsh, L. N., Zielinski, M. J., Corbett, A., Siegler, A., & Shlafer, R. (2022). Enhanced perinatal programs for people in prison: A summary of six states’ programs. Journal of Criminal Justice, 83, 101965.

Allison, M. K., Henderson, H., Curran, G., & Zielinski, M. J. (2022). Emergency department nurses’ perceptions of patient substance use, impact on sexual assault care, and access to follow-up behavioral health resources. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 48(6), 698-708.

Zielinski, M. J., Praseuth, A., Gai, M., Evans, L. J., Zaller, N. D., Umar, I., & Barocas, J. A. (2022). Crisis stabilization units for jail diversion: A preliminary assessment of patient characteristics and outcomes. Psychological Services, 19(4), 630-636.

Zielinski, M. J., Steely Smith, M. K., Kaysen, D., Selig, J. P., Zaller, N. D., Curran, G., & Kirchner, J. E. (2022). A participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group Cognitive Processing Therapy for incarcerated persons with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms: Study protocol and rationale. Health & Justice, 10, 30.

Zielinski, M. J., Cowell, M., Bull, C. E., Veluvolu, M., Behne, M. F., Nowotny, K., & Brinkley-Rubinstein, L. (2022). Policy and public communication patterns among U.S. state prisons during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health & Justice, 10, 27.

Fradley, M. F., Praseuth, A., Bearden, R. L., Steely Smith, M. K., Evans, L. J., Zaller, N. D., & Zielinski, M. J. (2022). Recommendations for conducting longitudinal studies with people who are justice-involved. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 6(1), e97.

Karlsson, M. E., Zielinski, M. J., Calvert, M. U., & Bridges, A. J. (2022). Decreases in psychiatric symptoms persist following exposure-based group therapy for sexual violence victimization among incarcerated women. Psychological Services, 19(3), 534-540.

Barocas, J., Umar, I., Praseuth, A., Evans, L., Zaller, N. D., & Zielinski, M. J. (2022). An economic analysis of the cost of a regional crisis stabilization unit. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 28(1), 54-58.

Marshall, S. A., Barham, C., Neher, T., Zielinski, M. J., Brinkley-Rubenstein, L., Gorvine, M. M., & Zaller, N. D. (2022). Acceptability of a community health worker program to link high-risk people in jail to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 33(1), 149-166.

Norris, W. K., Allison, M. K., Fradley, M. F., & Zielinski, M. J. (2022). “You’re setting a lot of people up for failure”: What formerly incarcerated women would tell healthcare decision makers. Health & Justice, 10, 4.

Dueweke, A. R., Baker, D. E., Zielinski, M. J., Karlsson, M. E., & Bridges, A. J. (2022). Does group size matter? Group size and symptom reduction among incarcerated women receiving psychotherapy following sexual violence victimization. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 72(1), 1-33.

2021

Zielinski, M. J., Karlsson, M. E., & Bridges, A. J. (2021). “I’m not alone, my story matters:” Re-evaluating assumptions about conducting imaginal exposure to sexual violence memories in psychotherapy groups for incarcerated women. Health & Justice, 9, 25.

Baker. D. E., Hill, M., Chamberlain, K., Hurd, L., Karlsson, M. E., Zielinski, M. J., Calvert, M. U., & Bridges, A. J. (2021). Interpersonal vs. non-interpersonal cumulative traumas and psychiatric symptoms in treatment-seeking incarcerated women. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 22(3), 249-264.

Zielinski, M. J., Allison, M. K., Roberts, L. T., Karlsson, M. E., Bridges, A. J., & Kirchner, J. E. (2021). Implementing and sustaining SHARE: An exposure-based psychotherapy group for incarcerated women survivors of sexual violence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 67, 76-88.

Zielinski, M. J., Hinton, K. E., & Bull, C. E. (2021). COVID-19 highlights the pitfalls of reliance on the carceral system as a response to addiction. Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment, 122, 108190.

2020

Karlsson, M. E., Zielinski, M. J., & Bridges, A. J. (2020). Replicating outcomes of Survivors Healing from Abuse: Recovery through Exposure (SHARE): A brief exposure-based treatment for incarcerated survivors of sexual violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 12(3), 300-305.

Zaller, N. D., Neher, T. L., Presley, M., Marshall, A., Zielinski, M. J., & Brinkley-Rubinstein, L. (2020). Barriers to linking high-risk jail detainees to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231951.

Neher, T. L., Udochi, A. L., Wilson, K. A., Guillory, D. M., Zaller, N. D., & Zielinski, M. J. (2020). Conducting health research in carceral systems: Considerations and recommendations. American Journal of Public Health, 110(S1), S52-S55.

Zielinski, M. J., Allison, M. K., Roberts, L. T., Karlsson, M. E., Bridges, A. J., & Kirchner, J. E. (2020). Implementing and sustaining a psychotherapy group for incarcerated women survivors of sexual violence. American Journal of Community Psychology.

Zielinski, M. J., Allison, M. K., Brinkley-Rubinstein, L., Curran, G., Zaller, N. D., & Kirchner, J. A. (2020). Making change happen in criminal justice settings: Leveraging implementation science to improve mental health care. Health and Justice, 8(21).

Karlsson, M. E., & Zielinski, M. J. (2020). Sexual victimization and mental illness prevalence rates among incarcerated women: A literature review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 21(2), 326-349.

Nowotny, K. M., Zielinski, M. J., Stringer, K. L., Pugh, T., Wu, E., Metsch, L. R., El-Bassel, N., Nunn, A. S., & Beckwith, C. G. (2020). Training the next generation of researchers dedicated to improving health outcomes for justice-involved populations. American Journal of Public Health, 110(S1), S18-S20.

2019

Zaller, N., Donadeo, K., Coffey, J., Zielinski, M. J., & Brinkley-Rubinstein, L. (2019). Screening for opioid use disorder in the largest jail in Arkansas: A brief report. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 25(3), 214-218.

Media

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