The Cost Effectiveness of Improving Health and Reducing Offending Among Recently Released Prisoners in Australia
Grant number: 1060024 | Funding period: 2014 - 2016
Completed
Abstract
Ex-prisoners face high risk of poor health and social outcomes in the community, and Indigenous people are over-represented in prison population by a factor of 15. The ‘Passports to Advantage’ intervention aims to improve the capacity of ex-prisoners, to use health care and community support services. Nationwide adoption of the intervention will be costly, but can change health service use and health outcomes among ex-prisoners. There is currently no evidence to address the policy decision of whether the intervention should be widely adopted.