Implementing a mindfulness-based peer support curriculum with the reentry population in Solano County, CA: Lessons Learned
Katherine Ku, BA, MaDonna Garcia-Crowley, CHW, Ann Finkelstein, MD, Carly Strouse, DrPH

Past studies show that mindfulness, or the practice of cultivating inner resources to manage stress, pain, and illness, is a promising tool for incarcerated populations to improve health outcomes (1-4). Few studies have looked at the impact it can have in improving health outcomes among the reentry population. The goal of this study was to implement a mindfulness-based peer support curriculum through two community-based organizations serving the reentry population in Solano County: the Transitions Clinic and House of Acts Substance Abuse treatment center. This 10-course curriculum was derived in part from the Prison Mindfulness Institute program (5) and was implemented through an academic-clinical partnership between Touro University California and the Transitions Clinic.