The importance of contextually specific support relationships in implementing programs to link people to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment during reentry from county jails

Table 1 Contextual variables in jail site characteristics**

Rural/Urban**	Linkage vendor	Linkage staff identity***	Linkage staff lived experience***	Partners in attendance
Jail A – Urban	VOH	Certified peer	Direct	Jailer, alternative sentencing worker, linkage staff, linkage supervisor, external MOUD provider
Jail B – Rural	VOH	Certified peer	Direct	Deputy jailer, alternative sentencing worker, linkage staff, linkage supervisor, external behavioral health provider
Jail C – Urban	BCN	Clinician (social worker)	Remote	Alternative sentencing worker, linkage staff, linkage supervisor, jail programming coordinator, jail captain
Jail D – Rural	BCN	Clinician (social worker)	Remote	Jailer, jail programming coordinator, alternative sentencing worker, linkage staff, linkage supervisor
Jail E – Rural	VOH	Certified peer	Direct	Deputy jailer, home incarceration director, linkage staff, linkage supervisor, local hospital, social service clinician, alternative sentencing worker

* The average annual census of the five jails with which HCS-KY directly partnered for linkage services varied widely during the HCS jail survey reporting period (July 2021-June 2022), from 2,546 to 19,102. Individual jail census numbers are not reported for confidentiality
**Based on 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Continuum Code (RUCC) Classification
**See facilitator identity and facilitator lived experience domain definitions in Hogue, A., Satcher, M. F., Drazdowski, T. K., Hagaman, A., Hibbard, P. F., Sheidow, A. J., Coetzer-Liversage, A., Mitchell, S. G., Watson, D. P., Wilson, K. J., Muench, F., Fishman, M., Wenzel, K., Martell, S. C. de, & Stein, L. a. R. (2024). Linkage facilitation services for opioid use disorder: Taxonomy of facilitation practitioners, goals, and activities. Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment, 157. https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209217

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