Community Supervision Engagement to Examine Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review

Introduction: We reviewed the literature related to what is known about community supervision engagement to address health outcomes amongst individuals with criminal justice oversight. Methods: We searched eight databases. After removing duplicates, we reviewed 482 article titles and abstracts and retrieved 56 articles for full-text review. Results: Eleven articles met final inclusion. The findings are organized into two themes: (1) Health Outcomes and (2) Programming Issues. Two studies focused on health outcomes, eight on programmatic implementation, and one on health outcomes and implementation. Only one study involved gender-specific programming for childbearing women. Conclusion: More research that utilizes randomized control trial methods, larger samples, and measures to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based programming on health outcomes within community supervision is warranted. Considering women of childbearing age are most likely deferred to community supervision and maternal and child morbidity and mortality is an ever-growing public health crisis, more investigation is needed specific to this population.