Striking subgroup differences in substance-related mortality after release from prison

Simon J Forsyth; Rosa Alati; Coralie Ober; Gail M Williams; Stuart A Kinner

Journal article

Striking subgroup differences in substance-related mortality after release from prison

Simon J Forsyth, Rosa Alati, Coralie Ober, Gail M Williams, Stuart A Kinner

Addiction | WILEY | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1111/add.12646

University of Melbourne Researchers

Stuart Kinner Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Monitoring And Improving The Health Of Ex-Prisoners

More than 50,000 people are released from prison in Australia each year. Ex-prisoners experience high rates of chronic disease, social disad..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Queensland Corrective Services for provision of data and technical assistance and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for assistance with data linkage. The authors also wish to acknowledge the late Professor Konrad Jamrozik for his contribution to study design. This study was supported by NHMRC project grant no. 456107. Ethics approval was obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the University of Queensland, Queensland Health and Queensland Corrective Services ethics committees. S. K. is supported by NHMRC Career Development Award #1004765. R. A. is supported by Career Development Fellowship L2 APP1012485.