Facilitators and barriers to scaling up methadone maintenance therapy in Malaysian prisons: using nominal group technique with custodial staff
Few studies consider the vital perspective of custodial staff in implementation of health-care programming in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) prisons. Custodial staff identified barriers and offered actionable facilitators for scaling up MMT in the LMIC prison setting. Education-oriented solutions included a decision aid for PDL and programming for custodial staff. Ensuring quality programming, hallmarked by ease-of-access to MMT and adequate dosing, may facilitate scale-up.
Authors
- Jiang Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0010-5067)
- Daniel J. Bromberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0584-7238)
- Adeeba Kamarulzaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8074-4450)
- Sheela Shenoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7654-4344)
- Frederick L. Altice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-693X)
- Joselyn Pang
- Lynn M. Madden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9981-3938)
- Ahsan Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2735-6659)
- Allison Mobley
- Nagadevi Mogan Ravie
Institutions
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- AIDS United (US)
- Shanghai Mental Health Center (CN)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- University of New Haven (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- APT Foundation (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
- Connecticut Mental Health Center (US)
- Sunway University (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Prison Health
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1108/ijoph-11-2024-0064
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00