Incidence and risk factors for mortality after release from prison in Australia: a prospective cohort study

SJ Forsyth; M Carroll; N Lennox; SA Kinner

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Incidence and risk factors for mortality after release from prison in Australia: a prospective cohort study

SJ Forsyth, M Carroll, N Lennox, SA Kinner

Addiction | WILEY | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1111/add.14106

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Abstract

Aims: To estimate the incidence and identify risk factors for mortality in adults released from prisons in the state of Queensland, Australia. Design: Prospective cohort study, linking baseline survey data with a national death register. Setting: Selected prisons within Queensland, Australia. Participants: Adults (n = 1320) recruited in Queensland prisons within 6 weeks of expected release, between August 2008 and July 2010, followed for up to 4.7 years in the community. Measurements: Participants completed a comprehensive baseline survey covering psychosocial circumstances, physical and mental health, substance use and health risk behaviours. Clinical data were abstracted from prison medica..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Queensland Corrective Services for assistance with data collection, and Passports study participants for sharing their stories. Data included in the National Death Index are provided to the AIHW by the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The Passports study was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Strategic Award APP409966 and NHMRC Project Grant APP1002463. Stuart Kinner is supported by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship APP1078168. The views expressed herein are solely those of the authors, and in no way reflect the views or policies of Queensland Corrective Services.