Lauren Weston, Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt, Cath Quinn, Charlotte Lennox, Mike Maguire, Mark Pearson, Alex Stirzaker, Graham Durcan, Caroline Stevenson, Jonathan Graham, Lauren Carroll, Rebecca Greer, Mark Haddad, Rachael Hunter, Rob Anderson, Roxanne Todd, Sara Goodier, Sarah Brand, Susan Michie, Tim Kirkpatrick, Sarah Leonard, Tirril Harris, William Henley, Jenny Shaw, Christabel Owens, Richard Byng
BACKGROUND: 'Engager' is an innovative 'through-the-gate' complex care intervention for male prison-leavers with common mental health problems. In parallel to the randomised-controlled trial of Engager (Trial registration number: ISRCTN11707331), a set of process evaluation analyses were undertaken. This paper reports on the depth multiple case study analysis part of the process evaluation, exploring how a sub-sample of prison-leavers engaged and responded to the intervention offer of one-to-one support during their re-integration into the community...
2022: PloS One