High-risk drug-use practices among a large sample of Australian prisoners

SA Kinner; R Jenkinson; M Gouillou; MJ Milloy

Journal article

High-risk drug-use practices among a large sample of Australian prisoners

SA Kinner, R Jenkinson, M Gouillou, MJ Milloy

Drug and Alcohol Dependence | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.008

Abstract

Background: Drug injection in prison is associated with a high risk of transmission of blood-borne pathogens including hepatitis C (HCV). The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify independent correlates of recent in-prison injecting drug use (P-IDU) among a large sample of adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia. Methods: Confidential, structured interviews with 1,322 adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia. Prevalence estimates were corrected for sampling bias using inverse probability weighting. Independent correlates of recent P-IDU were identified using multivariable Poisson regression with backwards elimination. Results: We estimated that among all adult prison..

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Funding Acknowledgements

[ "The Passports study is funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC Strategic Award #409966). Stuart Kinner is supported by a Career Development Fellowship from the NHMRC (#1004765). Rebecca Jenkinson is supported by the NHMRC-funded Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug use (#1001144). M.-J. Milloy is supported by fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.", "The Passports project is funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant #409966. Stuart Kinner is supported by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship #1004765. Rebecca Jenkinson is supported by the NHMRC-funded Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use (#1001144). M.-J. Milloy is supported by fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. The authors wish to thank Passports participants for sharing their experiences, and Queensland Corrective Services for assistance during data collection. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution to this work from the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program." ]