Date of Graduation
Summer 8-7-2024
Document Access
Project/Capstone - Global access
Degree Name
Master of Public Health (MPH)
College/School
School of Nursing and Health Professions
Department/Program
Public Health
Abstract
Substance use disorder (SUD) has been steadily increasing over the past decade. The prevalence of SUD in the United States hit an all-time high of 48.7 million people struggling with SUD in 2022 (Tomko et al., 2022; United States (U.S.), 2023). State and federal policies have led to the criminalization of drug use, the dismantling of behavioral health systems, and mass incarceration of people with SUD. These policies have also created a cyclical cycle of failure and recidivism for people struggling with SUD. One intervention that has strived to rectify the mass incarceration of those struggling with SUD is the creation of collaborative courts. The goal of collaborative courts is to treat SUD creating therapeutic interventions away from incarceration into recovery. The collaborative courts have begun to use the recovery capital approach in assessing and building necessary tools to desist and promote long-term recovery. Recovery capital comprises 5 different categories, including personal, physical, community, cultural, and social, that all need to be developed to be for long-term recovery and desistance. However, the collaborative courts cannot do this alone. Public health can help support and partner with the courts to help fill the needs the collaborative courts struggle to address. In this paper, three strategies to support the development of recovery capital within a community are recommended, recovery-specific community needs assessments, harm reduction strategies, and addressing the stigmatization of SUD. Through this partnership, recovery capital will increase in the collaborative court clients and the surrounding community benefiting people in all stages of recovery.
Recommended Citation
Aubry, Mikayla, "Partnering Across Professions: Public Health and Collaborative Courts Partnership to Increase Recovery Capital" (2024). Master's Projects and Capstones. 1754.
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/1754
