The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis

Rohan Borschmann; Holly Tibble; Matthew J Spittal; David Preen; Jane Pirkis; Sarah Larney; David L Rosen; Jesse T Young; Alexander D Love; Frederick L Altice; Ingrid A Binswanger; Anne Bukten; Tony Butler; Zheng Chang; Chuan-Yu Chen; Thomas Clausen; Peer Brehm Christensen; Gabriel J Culbert; Louisa Degenhardt; Anja JE Dirkzwager; Kate Dolan; Seena Fazel; Colin Fischbacher; Margaret Giles; Lesley Graham; David Harding; Yen-Fang Huang; Florence Huber; Azar Karaminia; Fiona G Kouyoumdjian; Sungwoo Lim; Lars Møller; Akm Moniruzzaman; Jeffrey Morenoff; Eamonn O'Moore; Lia N Pizzicato; Daniel Pratt; Scott F Proescholdbell; Shabbar I Ranapurwala; Meghan E Shanahan; Jenny Shaw; Amanda Slaunwhite; Julian M Somers; Anne C Spaulding; Marc F Stern; Kendra M Viner; Nadia Wang; Melissa Willoughby; Bin Zhao; Stuart A Kinner

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The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis

Rohan Borschmann, Holly Tibble, Matthew J Spittal, David Preen, Jane Pirkis, Sarah Larney, David L Rosen, Jesse T Young, Alexander D Love, Frederick L Altice, Ingrid A Binswanger, Anne Bukten, Tony Butler, Zheng Chang, Chuan-Yu Chen, Thomas Clausen, Peer Brehm Christensen, Gabriel J Culbert, Louisa Degenhardt, Anja JE Dirkzwager Show all

International Journal of Population Data Science | Swansea University | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1145

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Abstract

Introduction : More than 30 million adults are released from incarceration globally each year. Many experience complex physical and mental health problems, and are at markedly increased risk of preventable mortality. Despite this, evidence regarding the global epidemiology of mortality following release from incarceration is insufficient to inform the development of targeted, evidence-based responses. Many previous studies have suffered from inadequate power and poor precision, and even large studies have limited capacity to disaggregate data by specific causes of death, sub-populations or time since release to answer questions of clinical and public health relevance. Objectives: To compreh..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The MARIC study is funded by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, project #1120004). The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Western Australian Department of Justice in the conduct of the research, along with all organisations, government departments, and other entities worldwide that have contributed to this research. The material published herein cannot be considered as either endorsed by the Western Australian Department of Justice or an expression of the policies or view of the Department. The opinions generated in this study do not represent the British Columbia Ministry of Health or any data stewards. Any errors of omission or commission are the responsibility of the research team.