Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia

RJ Winter; M Stoové; L Degenhardt; ME Hellard; T Spelman; R Jenkinson; DR McCarthy; SA Kinner

Journal article

Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia

RJ Winter, M Stoové, L Degenhardt, ME Hellard, T Spelman, R Jenkinson, DR McCarthy, SA Kinner

Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.011

Abstract

Introduction: Release from prison is a period of elevated risk for drug-related harms, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID). Non-fatal overdose can cause serious morbidity and predicts future fatal overdose, however neither the incidence nor the risk factors for non-fatal overdose following release from prison are well understood. Methods: Structured health-related interviews were conducted with 1051 adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia prior to release and approximately 1, 3 and 6 months post-release. Incidence of self-reported overdose in the community was calculated for PWID and all prisoners for three discrete time periods. Negative binomial regression with robust error ..

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Funding Acknowledgements

[ "The Passports project was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Strategic Award #409966. RW is supported by NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship #603756 and the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on Injecting Drug Use (CREIDU, #1001144). MS is supported by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship #1090445. LD is supported by NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship #1041742. MH is supported by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship #1062877. Rebecca Jenkinson is supported by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship #1054674. Damien McCarthy is partially supported by CREIDU. SK is supported by NHMRC Career Development Award #1004765.", "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 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvements Grants Fund. The authors acknowledge the contribution to this work of the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Programme." ]