Reducing the Health, Social and Economic Burden of Injecting Drug Use in Australia

Grant number: 1001144 | Funding period: 2013 - 2015

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Abstract

Injecting drug use (IDU) is a disproportionately large source of health and social harm. This CRE unites Australia’s leading scientists in the IDU field – researchers working on blood-borne virus epidemiology and treatment, overdose prevention, justice health and psychiatric health - and experts from key non-government organisations. The CRE will develop new ways to improve the health of injecting drug users, and reduce the health and social burden of IDU to the Australian community.

Related publications (8)

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Injecting drug use is an independent risk factor for reincarceration after release from prison: A prospective cohort study

RJ Winter, M Stoové, PA Agius, ME Hellard, SA Kinner

2019-03-01

Introduction and Aims: Once involved in the criminal justice system, people who inject drugs (PWID) have a high probability of mul..

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A nurse-led intervention improved blood-borne virus testing and vaccination in Victorian prisons

RJ Winter, B White, SA Kinner, M Stoové, R Guy, ME Hellard

2016-12-01

Objectives: Testing is the first step in treatment and care for blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmitted infections (ST..

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Resumption of injecting drug use following release from prison in Australia

RJ Winter, JT Young, M Stoové, PA Agius, ME Hellard, SA Kinner

2016-11-01

Introduction Ex-prisoners with a history of injecting drug use (IDU) experience disproportionate drug-related harm. Rapid resumpti..

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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..

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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 ..

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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..

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Hepatitis B virus exposure and vaccination in a cohort of people who inject drugs: What has been the impact of targeted free vaccination?

RJ Winter, PM Dietze, M Gouillou, ME Hellard, P Robinson, CK Aitken

2013-01-01

Background and Aim: Forty percent of new hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in Australia occur in people who inject drugs (PWID); ..

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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..

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