Journal article
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
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2016
Abstract
Objectives: Testing is the first step in treatment and care for blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). As new treatments for viral hepatitis emerge, it is important to document effective models for BBV/STI testing. A nurse-led intervention was implemented across three prisons in Victoria to improve BBV/STI testing. We evaluated the impact of the intervention on BBV/STI testing rates and hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination for reception prisoners. Methods: BBV/STI testing and HBV vaccination data were collected from the medical files of 100 consecutive reception prisoners at three prisons (n=300) prior to and after the intervention was implemented. Results: BBV testi..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship
Awarded by NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on Injecting Drug Use
Awarded by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
Awarded by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
Awarded by NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship
Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the Victorian Department of Health (formerly Department of Human Services). RW is supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship #603756 and the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on Injecting Drug Use (#1001144). MS is supported by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship #1090445. SK is supported by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship #1078168. MH is supported by NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship #1062877. The funding sources had no role in the study design, collection or analysis of data, or in the writing or submission of the manuscript. The authors acknowledge the contribution to this work of the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program.