title: Transitional care for formerly incarcerated persons with HIV: protocol for a realist review.
abstract: Little is known about the mechanisms that influence the success or failure of programs to facilitate re-engagement with health and social services for formerly incarcerated persons with HIV. This review aims to identify how interventions to address such transitions work, for whom and under what circumstances.
  
  
  
  We will use realist review methodology to conduct our analysis. We will systematically search electronic databases and grey literature for English language qualitative and quantitative studies of interventions. Two investigators will independently screen citations and full-text articles, abstract data, appraise study quality and synthesize the literature. Data analysis will include identifying context-mechanism-outcome configurations, exploring and comparing patterns in these configurations, making comparisons across contexts and developing explanatory frameworks.
  
  
  
  This review will identify mechanisms that influence the success or failure of transition interventions for formerly incarcerated individuals with HIV. The findings will be integrated with those from complementary qualitative and quantitative studies to inform future interventions.
  
  
  
  PROSPERO CRD42016040054.
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Jenkin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sharmistha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Campo
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.affiliation: Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Fiona G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Kouyoumdjian
authors.affiliation: Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Flora I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Matheson
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Division of General Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bayoumi
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Shatabdy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zahid
authors.affiliation: The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. tantoniou@smh.ca.|Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, 410 Sherbourne Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON, M4X 1K2, Canada. tantoniou@smh.ca.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Antoniou
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D000069341:Transitional Care / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: HIV; Intervention; Post-prison; Prisoners; Realist review