Monitoring and Improving the Health of Ex-Prisoners

Prescribed contraceptives among woman after release from prison

Georgina Sutherland, Megan Carroll, Nick Lennox, Stuart Kinner

2015-12-01

BackgroundDespite the high rates of unintended and complicated pregnancy among women who have spent time in prison, little is know..

Associations between psychotic symptoms and substance use in young offenders

L Degenhardt, C Coffey, S Hearps, SA Kinner, R Borschmann, P Moran, G Patton

2015-11-01

Introduction and Aims: Substance use and psychotic symptoms/disorders are associated. There has been little examination of this is..

Correlates of property crime in a cohort of recently released prisoners with a history of injecting drug use

A Kirwan, B Quinn, R Winter, SA Kinner, P Dietze, M Stoové

2015-08-04

Injecting drug use (IDU) is a strong predictor of recidivism and re-incarceration in ex-prisoners. Although the links between drug..

Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia

RJ Winter, M Stoové, L Degenhardt, ME Hellard, T Spelman, R Jenkinson, DR McCarthy, SA Kinner

2015-08-01

Introduction: Release from prison is a period of elevated risk for drug-related harms, particularly among people who inject drugs ..

Comparison of social circumstances, substance use and substance-related harm in soon-to-be-released prisoners with and without intellectual disability

A Bhandari, K van Dooren, G Eastgate, N Lennox, SA Kinner

2015-06-01

Background: The transition out of prison is likely to be a challenging time for prisoners with intellectual disability (ID). Howev..

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release

FG Kouyoumdjian, KE McIsaac, J Liauw, S Green, F Karachiwalla, W Siu, K Burkholder, I Binswanger, L Kiefer, SA Kinner, M Korchinski, null Matheson, P Young, SW Hwang

2015-04-01

We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of people during imprisonment or in..

Substance use and risk of death in young offenders: A prospective data linkage study

SA Kinner, L Degenhardt, C Coffey, S Hearps, M Spittal, SM Sawyer, GC Patton

2015-01-01

Introduction and Aims: Young offenders are at increased risk of preventable death after release from custody, but risk factors for..

A Comparison of Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Among Young and Older Adult Prisoners

K van Dooren, SA Kinner, M Hellard

2014-10-01

Internationally, the prevalence of hepatitis C infection is higher among prisoners when compared to the general population, partic..

Striking subgroup differences in substance-related mortality after release from prison

SJ Forsyth, R Alati, C Ober, GM Williams, SA Kinner

2014-10-01

AIMS: To compare the incidence, timing and risk factors for substance-related death between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ex-priso..

Predictive validity of the AUDIT for hazardous alcohol consumption in recently released prisoners

E Thomas, L Degenhardt, R Alati, S Kinner

2014-01-01

Background: This study aimed to assess the predictive validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) among adul..

Complex health-related needs among young, soon-to-be-released prisoners

Kate van Dooren, Alun Richards, Nick Lennox, Stuart A Kinner

2013-12-01

BackgroundTo estimate the prevalence and co-occurrence of health-related needs among young people aged 18 to 24 years transitionin..

Non-fatal overdose among adult prisoners with a history of injecting drug use in two Australian states

E Moore, R Winter, D Indig, D Greenberg, SA Kinner

2013-11-01

Background: Recently released prisoners are at markedly increased risk of death and drug-related causes predominate. Non-fatal ove..

Co-occurring mental disorder and intellectual disability in a large sample of Australian prisoners

S Dias, RS Ware, SA Kinner, NG Lennox

2013-10-01

Objective: Prisoners with intellectual disability who have a coexisting mental health issue often have unmet health needs and are ..

Opiate substitution treatment to reduce in-prison drug injection: A natural experiment

SA Kinner, E Moore, MJ Spittal, D Indig

2013-09-01

Background: There is emerging evidence that opiate substitution treatment (OST) in prison is associated with reduced injecting dru..

Randomised controlled trial of a service brokerage intervention for ex-prisoners in australia

SA Kinner, N Lennox, GM Williams, M Carroll, B Quinn, FM Boyle, R Alati

2013-09-01

Background: Health outcomes after release from prison are typically poor with elevated rates of morbidity and mortality widely doc..

Attrition in a longitudinal study with hard-to-reach participants was reduced by ongoing contact

MC David, R Alati, RS Ware, SA Kinner

2013-05-01

Objectives: Minimizing attrition is a key objective in longitudinal research, with possible consequences being additional bias and..

Service brokerage for improving health outcomes in ex-prisoners

SA Kinner, BJ Burford, K van Dooren, C Gill

2013-02-28

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: This review aims to assess the effectiv..

Systematic review of record linkage studies of mortality in ex-prisoners: Why (good) methods matter

SA Kinner, S Forsyth, G Williams

2013-01-01

Aims: World-wide, more than 30 million people move through prisons annually. Record linkage studies have identified an increased r..

High-risk drug-use practices among a large sample of Australian prisoners

SA Kinner, R Jenkinson, M Gouillou, MJ Milloy

2012-11-01

Background: Drug injection in prison is associated with a high risk of transmission of blood-borne pathogens including hepatitis C..

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol dependence in adult prisoners vary according to Indigenous status

SA Kinner, PM Dietze, M Gouillou, R Alati

2012-08-01

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and identify independent correlates of alcohol dependence among Indigenous and non- Indigeno..

Prevalence of mental illness among aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons

EB Heffernan, KC Andersen, A Dev, S Kinner

2012-07-02

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of mental disorder in a representative sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopl..

Incidence and risk factors for non-fatal overdose among a cohort of recently incarcerated illicit drug users

SA Kinner, MJ Milloy, E Wood, J Qi, R Zhang, T Kerr

2012-06-01

Background: Release from prison is associated with a markedly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal drug overdose, yet the ri..

Understanding drug-related mortality in released prisoners: a review of national coronial records

Jessica Y Andrews, Stuart A Kinner

2012-01-01

BACKGROUND: The prisoner population is characterised by a high burden of disease and social disadvantage, and ex-prisoners are at ..

Beyond reintegration: A framework for understanding ex-prisoner health

KV Dooren, F Claudio, SA Kinner, M Williams

2011-12-01

Purpose - This paper proposes a framework to better understand ex-prisoner health, and pilot-tests the framework using qualitative..

Sensitivity of a national coronial database for monitoring unnatural deaths among ex-prisoners in Australia

JY Andrews, S Forsyth, J Wade, SA Kinner

2011-10-28

Background: The period immediately after release from custody is a time of marked vulnerability and increased risk of death for ex..

Counting the cost: Estimating the number of deaths among recently released prisoners in Australia

SA Kinner, DB Preen, A Kariminia, T Butler, JY Andrews, M Stoové, M Law

2011-01-01

Objective: To estimate the number of deaths among people released from prison in Australia in the 2007-08 financial year, within 4..