Justice Health Unit
About the Justice Health Unit
People who come into contact with the criminal justice system are disproportionately drawn from society’s most vulnerable and marginalised populations. They are distinguished by a high prevalence of complex, co-occurring health problems, typically set against a backdrop of entrenched disadvantage.
The Justice Health Unit seeks to generate world-class evidence regarding the health and health service experiences of justice-involved populations, and to advocate for evidence-informed policy to improve their health and wellbeing. Research on the health needs of justice-involved populations is central to addressing health inequalities at the population level.
The Justice Health Unit works closely with health and justice agencies in Australia, leading researchers internationally, and key international agencies including WHO and ICRC.
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Justice Health Unit supports international response to COVID-19 in custodial settings
The Justice Health Unit is supporting WHO in responding to COVID-19 in prisons and other custodial settings
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Dr Jesse Young shortlisted for 2020 Premier's Award
Dr Jesse Young has been selected as a finalist for 2020 Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research in the Public Health Researcher category.
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Women released from prison at greater risk of violent death
Melissa Willoughby recently published an article in The Conversation on increased risk of violence-related death for women released from prison.
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Short Course - Introduction to Using Linked Data for Research
This course provides an introduction to administrative data and data linkage. It's designed for policy makers, researchers, managers, analysts and others working in the public sector with an interest in generating evidence.
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Dr Jesse Young: Recipient of a 2020 Rising Star award
Dr Jesse Young named as one of the Educator’s Higher Education Rising Stars
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Justice Health Unit lodges submission to COAG review of age of criminal responsibility
The Justice Health Unit supports raising the age of criminal responsibility in Australia.
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Justice Health Unit partners with the International Committee of the Red Cross
The Justice Health Unit has signed an MOU with International Committee of the Red Cross on prison health.
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Audit for National Mental Health Commission
Justice Health Unit recently collaborated with the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research to produce an audit, for the National Mental Health Commission, of mental health government policies relevant to justice-involved people.
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Justice Health Unit publishes Lancet Series
The Justice Health Unit led a series of papers on the health of detained adolescents, published recently in the Lancet journals.
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Melissa Willoughby wins Best Paper Published by a Centre for Health Equity PhD Student Award
Melissa Willoughby, PhD candidate at the Justice Health Unit, recently won the Best Paper Published by a Centre for Health Equity PhD Student award.
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Counting the costs: We need to address the health of people leaving prison
Dr Kathryn Snow recently published an article in the blog The Power to Persuade on strengthening continuity of care for people leaving prison.
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Justice Health Unit delivers short course on prison health information systems in Manila
Members of the Justice Health Unit delivered a short course on Developing a Prison Health Information System at the 3rd Asian and Pacific Conference on Prison Health in Manila.
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Beyond Borders and Walls: Collaborating for Change in International Prison Health Research
In April 2019, Prof Stuart Kinner and Dr Jesse Young attended the three-day International Research Roundtable, held at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and hosted by the UBC Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education.
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Scientists Tackle Smoking After Prison Square on: Article Published in Lab Down Under
An article about the Staying Quit After Release Trial (SQuARe) was recently published on the website Lab Down Under.
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NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence: Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health
Prof Stuart Kinner and Dr Rohan Borschmann are part of a team recently awarded $2.5 million from the NHMRC to establish a Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) to ‘Drive Global Investment in Adolescent Health’.
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Dr Jesse Young awarded competitive NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant
Dr Jesse Young was recently awarded a competitive and prestigious NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant.
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Justice Health Unit awarded $160,000 Two-Year Public Health Industry Partnership Grant
The Justice Health Unit has been awarded a $160,000 Public Health Industry Partnership grant from Victoria’s Youth Support & Advocacy Service (YSAS), to be administered over two years.
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Funding success for the Justice Health Unit in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Theme Fundi...
The Justice Health Unit was awarded almost $46,000 in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Population Health Theme Funding 2019 for two projects on the health of young people.
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Prof Stuart Kinner to present at the Free Our Future: Why Justice Reforms Will Keep Aboriginal Kids ...
Professor Stuart Kinner will be presenting as part of a Parliamentary Briefing on youth justice reforms, held in Canberra on Monday 16th September.
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Kathryn Snow and Jesse Young of Justice Health Unit awarded PhDs
Kathryn Snow and Jesse Young of the Justice Health Unit have both recently been awarded their PhDs.
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Justice Health Unit Contributes to International Youth Day Themed Collection for WEPHREN
In recognition of International Youth Day on 12th August, the Justice Health Unit has contributed to a themed collection on youth for the Worldwide Prison Health Research and Engagement Network.
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MRFF Million Minds funding for research into the emergency department management of acute mental hea...
A team of ten Australian researchers, including Dr. Rohan Borschmann from the Justice Health Unit, have received five million dollars in funding from the recently-announced Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Million Minds Mission grant opportunity
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Prof Stuart Kinner to Chair the WHO Health in Prisons Programme Technical Expert Group (TEG)
Professor Stuart Kinner has been named the Chair of Technical Expert Group reviewing the WHO’s survey of prison health systems in Europe - to develop a new iteration and consider future global expansion.
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Justice Health Unit Makes Submissions to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System
Melissa Willoughby, Dr Jesse Young, and Prof Stuart Kinner from the Justice Health Unit have made submissions to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
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UN General Assembly Receives Report on UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, Including Ju...
On 11th July, the UN General Assembly received a written report from Independent Expert professor Manfred Nowak, summarising the findings of the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, including findings from the Justice Health Unit-led Health Theme.
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Louise Southalan Awarded 2018 Churchill Fellowship
Louise Southalan of the Justice Health Unit was recently announced as a Churchill Fellow. The aim of Louise’s Fellowship is to identify strategies for national agencies to improve state prison mental health systems and services.
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Why Australian prisoners are smoking nicotine-infused tea leaves
Following a ban on tobacco smoking in prisons, some Australian prisoners are creating substitute cigarettes from crushed nicotine lozenges mixed with tea leaves, known as "teabacco".
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Justice Health Unit present to the Australian & New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psycholog...
Members of the Justice Health Unit and collaborators recently gave a presentation to the Australian & New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law in Perth, Western Australia.
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Health in custodial settings: focus on the Americas
Led by the Justice Health Unit, a group of international collaborators with expertise in health in custodial settings recently prepared a submission to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas.
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Health After Release from Prison (HARP) cohort study
The HARP study is the world’s largest prospective cohort study of adults released from prison.
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Deaths in young people involved in the youth justice system (YJ-Mort) study
This study aims to improve the understanding of preventable death in young people who come into contact with the youth justice system.
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Mortality after Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC) Study
This study is an international consortium of 28 longitudinal studies which have examined mortality in people after release from prison.
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Staying Quit After Release (SQuARE) Trial
The SQuARE trial is an RCT of an intervention designed to maintain abstinence from smoking after release from prison.
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Global prison and youth detention health survey project
This project aims to generate comparable data on prison health systems and services globally.
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UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty: putting health on the agenda
This project involves a series of reviews on the health status of children and adolescents deprived of liberty.
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Evaluation of embedding a primary care nurse in a transitional support service
This evaluation will assess the effectiveness of embedding a nurse in a transitional support service for people released from prison.
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Mapping the scope and character of prison mental health services in Australia: a national benchmarking project
This project will generate reliable and validated information regarding the scale of mental health service delivery in prisons nationally.
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ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Survey
The ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Survey 2016 was delivered to people detained in the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
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Health service utilisation and preventable mortality in justice-involved young people (JJ-NMDS project)
This will be the first ever project to rigorously and comprehensively characterise health service use and mortality outcomes for young people in contact with the youth justice system.
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Mapping the forensic mental health ecosystem in Australia: A national audit
This project, commissioned by the National Mental Health Commission, is to identify and analyse government strategies, policies and plans relevant to mental health of justice-involved people, at national, State and Territory levels.
2020
Journal Articles
2019
Journal Articles
- Borschmann R, Kinner SA. Responding to the rising prevalence of self-harm. The Lancet Psychiatry. 2019;6(7):548-9. Full Text
- Azzopardi PS, Hearps SJ, Francis KL, Kennedy EC, Mokdad AH, Kassebaum NJ, Lim S, Irvine CM, Vos T, Brown AD, Dogra S, Kinner SA, Kaoma NS, Naguib M, Reavley NJ, Requejo J, Santelli JS, Sawyer SM Skirbekk V, Temmerman M, Tewhaiti-Smith J, Ward JL, Viner RM, Patton GC. Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016. The Lancet. 2019;393(10176):1101-18. Full Text
- de Andrade DF, Spittal MJ, Snow KJ, Taxman FS, Crilly JL, Kinner SA. Emergency health service contact and reincarceration after release from prison: A prospective cohort study. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 2019;29(2):85-93. Full Text
- Binswanger IA, Maruschak LM, Mueller SR, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Principles to guide national data collection on the health of persons in the criminal justice system. Public Health Reports. 2019;134(1_suppl):34S-45S. Full Text
- Bedell PS, So M, Morse DS, Kinner SA, Ferguson WJ, Spaulding AC. Corrections for Academic Medicine: The Importance of Using Person-First Language for Individuals Who Have Experienced Incarceration. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 2019;94(2):172-5. Full Text
- Johnston I, Williams M, Butler T, Kinner SA. Justice targets in Closing the Gap: let's get them right. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2019;43(3):201-3. Full Text
- Fletcher J, Hamilton B, Kinner S, Sutherland G, King K, Tellez JJ, Harvey C, Brophy L. Working towards least restrictive environments in acute mental health wards in the context of locked door policy and practice. International journal of mental health nursing. 2019;28(2):538-50. Abstract
- Johnston AN, Spencer M, Wallis M, Kinner SA, Broadbent M, Young JT, Heffernan E, Fitzgerald G, Bosley E, Keijzers G, Scuffham P, Zhang P, Martin-Khan M, Crilly J. Review article: Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: A systematic scoping review. Emerg Med Australas. 2019. Abstract
- Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Dual-harm, complex needs, and the challenges of multisectoral service coordination. Lancet Public Health. 2019;4(5):e210-e1. Full Text
- Kirwan A, Curtis M, Dietze P, Aitken C, Woods E, Walker S, Kinner S, Ogloff J, Butler T, Stoove M. The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) Cohort Study: Study Protocol and Baseline Characteristics of a Cohort of Men with a History of Injecting Drug Use Leaving Prison in Australia. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 2019;96(3):400-10. Full Text
- Mitchell C, Puljevic C, Coomber R, White A, Cresswell SL, Bowman J, Kinner SA. Constituents of "teabacco": A forensic analysis of cigarettes made from diverted nicotine replacement therapy lozenges in smoke-free prisons. Drug Test Anal. 2019;11(1):140-56. Full Text
- Puljević C, Coomber R, de Andrade D, Kinner SA. Barriers and facilitators of maintained smoking abstinence following release from smoke-free prisons: A qualitative enquiry. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2019;68:9-17. Abstract
- Spittal MJ, Forsyth S, Borschmann R, Young JT, Kinner SA. Modifiable risk factors for external cause mortality after release from prison: a nested case-control study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019;28(2):224-33. Abstract
- Sharwood LN, Moller H, Young JT, Vaikuntam B, Ivers RQ, Driscoll T, Middleton JW. The Nature and Cost of Readmissions after Work-Related Traumatic Spinal Injuries in New South Wales, Australia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(9). Full Text
- Winter RJ, Stoove M, Agius PA, Hellard ME, Kinner SA. Injecting drug use is an independent risk factor for reincarceration after release from prison: A prospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2019;38(3):254-63. Abstract
- Young JT, Borschmann R, Preen DB, Spittal MJ, Brophy L, Wang EA, Heffernan E, Kinner SA. Age-specific incidence of injury-related hospital contact after release from prison: a prospective data-linkage study. Inj Prev. 2019. Abstract
- Young JT, Puljević C, Love AD, Janca EK, Segan CJ, Baird D, Whiffen R, Pappos S, Bell E, Kinner SA. Staying Quit After Release (SQuARe) trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent intervention to maintain smoking abstinence after release from smoke-free prisons in Victoria, Australia. BMJ Open. 2019;9(6):e027307. Full Text
Reports
- Janca E, Keen C, Feldman P, Young JT, Kinner SA. Evaluation of embedding a community health nurse as part of the JSS ReConnect service: interim report. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne. 2019.
- Young J, Snow K, Southalan L, Borschmann R, Kinner S. The role of incarceration in addressing inequalities for people with mental illness in Australia. Melbourne: The University of Melbourne; 2019. Full Text
- Willoughby M, Kinner SA, Biondo S, Denham G, Drummond S, Young JT. Inequalities and inequities experienced by people with mental health and substance use issues involved in the criminal justice system. Melbourne: The University of Melbourne; 2019. Full Text
- Stoové M, Kirwan A, Have Ct, Kinner S, Ritter A, Dietze P. Queensland Prison-Based Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) Program Evaluation. Melbourne: Burnet Institute; 2019.
2018
Journal Articles
- Young JT, Heffernan E, Borschmann R, Ogloff JRP, Spittal MJ, Kouyoumdjian FG, et al. Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder and injury in adults recently released from prison: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Public health. 2018;3(5):e237-e48. Full text
- Tibble H, Law HD, Spittal MJ, Karmel R, Borschmann R, Hail-Jares K, et al. The importance of including aliases in data linkage with vulnerable populations. BMC medical research methodology. 2018;18(1):76-. Full text
- Stewart AC, Cossar R, Dietze P, Armstrong G, Curtis M, Kinner SA, et al. Lifetime prevalence and correlates of self-harm and suicide attempts among male prisoners with histories of injecting drug use. Health & justice. 2018;6(1):19. Full text
- Shepherd S, Spivak B, Borschmann R, Kinner SA, Hachtel H. Correlates of self-harm and suicide attempts in justice-involved young people. PLoS one [Internet]. 2018; 13(2):[e0193172 p.]. Full text
- Ryan N, Ackerman J, Bond C, Ready J, Kinner SA. Prison Life and Prior Social Experiences: Understanding Their Importance for Indigenous Peoples’ Re-Entry Outcomes. The British Journal of Criminology. 2018:azy027-azy. Abstract
- Puljević C, Segan CJ. Systematic review of factors influencing smoking following release from smoke-free prisons. Nicotine & Tobacco Research [Internet]. 2018. Abstract
- Puljević C, de Andrade D, Coomber R, Kinner SA. Relapse to smoking following release from smoke-free correctional facilities in Queensland, Australia. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2018;187:127-33. Abstract
- Puljević C, de Andrade D, Carroll M, Spittal MJ, Kinner SA. Use of prescribed smoking cessation pharmacotherapy following release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Tobacco control. 2018;27(4):474-8. Abstract
- Puljevic C, Coomber R, Kinner SA, de Andrade D, Mitchell C, White A, et al. 'Teabacco': Smoking of nicotine-infused tea as an unintended consequence of prison smoking bans. Drug and alcohol review. 2018;37(7):912-21. Abstract
- Moazen B, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Silbernagl MA, Lotfizadeh M, Bosworth RJ, Alammehrjerdi Z, et al. Prevalence of Drug Injection, Sexual Activity, Tattooing, and Piercing Among Prison Inmates. Epidemiologic reviews. 2018;40(1):58-69. Abstract
- Kinner SA, Young JT. Understanding and improving the health of people who experience incarceration: An overview and synthesis. Epidemiologic reviews. 2018;40(1):4-11. Full text
- Kinner SA, Spittal MJ, Borschmann R. Suicide and the criminal justice system: a more complete picture [Letter to the Editor]. The lancet Psychiatry. 2018;5(2):106. Full text
- Kinner SA, Snow K, Wirtz AL, Altice FL, Beyrer C, Dolan K. Age-Specific Global Prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated People: A Systematic Review. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2018;62(3):S18-S26. Full text
- Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Parental supply and alcohol-related harm in adolescence: emerging but incomplete evidence. The Lancet Public Health. 2018;3(2):e53-e4. Full text
- Jin X, Kinner SA, Hopkins R, Stockings E, Courtney RJ, Shakeshaft A, et al. Brief intervention on Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical (SNAP) inactivity for smoking relapse prevention after release from smoke-free prisons: a study protocol for a multicentre, investigator-blinded, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2018;8(10). Full text
- Hettiarachchi LV, Kinner SA, Tibble H, Borschmann R. Self-harm among young people detained in the youth justice system in Sri Lanka. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2018;15(2):209. Full text
- Borschmann R, Young JT, Moran PA, Spittal MJ, Kinner SA. Self-harm in the criminal justice system: A public health opportunity. The Lancet Public Health. 2018;3(1):e10-e1. Full Text
- Dias S, Kinner SA, Heffernan E, Waghorn G, Ware R. Identifying Rehabilitation Priorities Among Ex-prisoners Vulnerable to Mental llnesses and Substance Abuse. Journal of Rehabilitation. 2018;84(3). Abstract
- Young JT, Davis FJ, Wardale S, Vassos M, van Dooren K, Nankervis K, Lennox NG. Severity of cognitive disability and mental health court determinations about fitness to stand trial. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2018;62(2):126-39. Abstract
- Growns B, Kinner SA, Conroy E, Baldry E, Larney S. A systematic review of supported accommodation programs for people released from custody. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. 2018;62(8):2174-94. Abstract
- Forsyth SJ, Carroll M, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Incidence and risk factors for mortality after release from prison in Australia: a prospective cohort study. Addiction. 2018;113(5):937-45. Abstract
- Curtis M, Dietze P, Aitken C, Kirwan A, Kinner SA, Butler T, et al. Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use. Harm reduction journal. 2018;15(1):48. Full text
- Cumming C, Kinner SA, Preen DB, Larsen A-C. In Sickness and in Prison: The Case for Removing the Medicare Exclusion for Australian Prisoners. Journal of law and medicine. 2018;26(1):140-58. Abstract
- Cossar R, Stoové M, Kinner SA, Dietze P, Aitken C, Curtis M, et al. The associations of poor psychiatric well-being among incarcerated men with injecting drug use histories in Victoria, Australia. Health & justice. 2018;6(1):1. Full text
- Cheng Q, Kinner SA, Lee XJ, Snow KJ, Graves N. Cost-utility analysis of low-intensity case management to increase contact with health services among ex-prisoners in Australia. BMJ open. 2018;8(8):e023082-e. Full text
- Butler A, Young JT, Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Self-harm and suicidal behaviour among incarcerated adults in the Australian Capital Territory. Health & justice. 2018;6(1):13. Full text
- Ahalt C, Haney C, Kinner S, Williams B. Balancing the rights to protection and participation: A call for expanded access to ethically conducted correctional health research. Journal of general internal medicine. 2018;33(5):764-8. Abstract
Book Chapters
- Kinner SA, Rich JD, editors. Drug use in prisoners: Epidemiology, implications, and policy responses. New York: Oxford University Press; 2018. Abstract
Reports
- Kinner SA, Southalan S, Janca E, Butler A, Young JT, Lindner SR, et al. The role of prisons, jails and youth detention centres in addressing health inequalities in the Americas: Submission to the PAHO Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne; 2018. Report
- Clugston B, Perrin M, Davidson F, Heffernan E, Kinner S. Prison mental health services: A comparison of Australian jurisdictions. Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research; 2018. Report
2017
Journal Articles
- Young JT, Cumming C, van Dooren K, Lennox NG, Alati R, Spittal MJ, et al. Intellectual disability and patient activation after release from prison: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2017;61(10):939-56. Abstract
- Spittal MJ, Forsyth S, Borschmann R, Young JT, Kinner SA. Modifiable risk factors for external cause mortality after release from prison: a nested case-control study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 2017:1-10. Abstract
- Snow KJ, Richards AH, Kinner SA. Use of multiple data sources to estimate hepatitis C seroprevalence among prisoners: A retrospective cohort study. PloS one. 2017;12(7):e0180646. Full text
- Puljević C, Kinner SA, Andrade Dd. Extending smoking abstinence after release from smoke-free prisons: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Health & Justice. 2017;5(1). Full text
- Love AD, Kinner SA, Young JT. Social Environment and Hospitalisation after Release from Prison: A Prospective Cohort Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2017;14(11):1406. Full text
- Kouyoumdjian FG, Andreev EM, Borschmann R, Kinner SA, McConnon A. Do people who experience incarceration age more quickly? Exploratory analyses using retrospective cohort data on mortality from Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE. 2017;12(4):e0175837. Full text
- Kinner SA, Borschmann R. Inequality and intergenerational transmission of complex adversity. The Lancet Public Health. 2017;2:e342-3. Full text
- Kinner S, Harvey C, Hamilton B, Brophy L, Roper C, McSherry B, et al. Attitudes towards seclusion and restraint in mental health settings: findings from a large, community-based survey of consumers, carers and mental health professionals. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 2017;26(5):535-44. Abstract
- Fletcher J, Spittal M, Brophy L, Tibble H, Kinner S, Elsom S, et al. Outcomes of the Victorian Safewards trial in 13 wards: Impact on seclusion rates and fidelity measurement. International journal of mental health nursing. 2017;26(5):461-71. Abstract
- de Andrade D, Kinner SA. Systematic review of health and behavioural outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in prisons. Tobacco control. 2017;26(5):495-501. Full text
- Carroll M, Spittal MJ, Kemp-Casey A, Lennox N, Preen DB, Sutherland G, et al. High rates of general practice attendance following release from prison: A prospective cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2017;207(2):75-80. Full text
- Borschmann R, Young JT, Moran P, Spittal MJ, Snow K, Mok K, et al. The accuracy and predictive value of incarcerated adults’ accounts of their self-harm histories: findings from an Australian data linkage study. CMAJ Open. 2017;5(3):E694-E701. Full text
- Borschmann R, Young JT, Moran P, Carroll M, Heffernan E, Spittal M, et al. Ambulance attendances resulting from self-harm after release from prison: a prospective data linkage study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2017;52(10):1295-305. Abstract
- Borschmann R, Thomas E, Moran P, Carroll M, Heffernan E, Spittal MJ, et al. Self-harm following release from prison: A prospective data linkage study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2017;51(3):250-9. Abstract
- Borschmann R, Oram S, Dutta R, Kinner SA, Zimmerman C, Howard L. Self-harm in trafficked adults accessing secondary mental health services in England. Psychiatric Services. 2017;68(2):207-10. Full text
2016
Journal Articles
- Winter RJ, White B, Kinner SA, Stoové M, Guy R, Hellard ME. A nurse‐led intervention improved blood‐borne virus testing and vaccination in Victorian prisons. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health. 2016;40(6):592-4. Full text
- Binswanger IA, Blatchford PJ, Forsyth SJ, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Epidemiology of Infectious Disease-Related Death After Release from Prison, Washington State, United States, and Queensland, Australia: A Cohort Study. Public health reports (Washington, DC : 1974). 2016;131(4):574-82. Full text
- Cumming C, Troeung L, Young JT, Kelty E, Preen DB. Barriers to accessing methamphetamine treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2016;168:263-73. Full text
- Kaye S, Ramos-Quiroga JA, van de Glind G, Levin FR, Faraone SV, Allsop S, Degenhardt L, Moggi F, Barta C, Konstenius M, Franck J, Skutle A, Bu ET, Koeter MW, Demetrovics Z, Kapitany-Foveny M, Schoevers RA, van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen K, Carpentier PJ, Dom G, Verspreet S, Crunelle CL, Young JT, Carruthers S, Cassar J, Fatseas M, Auriacombe M, Johnson B, Dunn M, Slobodin O, van den Brink W. Persistence and Subtype Stability of ADHD Among Substance Use Disorder Treatment Seekers. Journal of attention disorders. 2016. Full text
- Winter R, Young J, Stoové M, Agius P, Hellard M, Kinner S. Resumption of injecting drug use following release from prison in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2016;168:104-11. Abstract
- Thomas EG, Spittal MJ, Heffernan EB, Taxman FS, Alati R, Kinner SA. Trajectories of psychological distress after prison release: implications for mental health service need in ex-prisoners. Psychological Medicine. 2016;46(3):611-21. Abstract
- Kinner SA, Forsyth S. Development and validation of a national system for routine monitoring of mortality in people recently released from prison. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(6):e0157328. Full text
- Kinner SA, Alati R, Longo M, Spittal M, Boyle F, Williams GN, et al. Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: A single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2016;70:683-8. Full text
- Heffernan E, Davidson F, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Substance use disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody: a public health opportunity. Health & Justice. 2016;4(12). Full text
- Dolan K, Wirtz A, Moazen B, Galvani A, Ndeffo-mbah M, Kinner S, et al. Global burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis in prisoners and detainees. The Lancet. 2016;388(10049):1089-102. Full text
- Cumming C, Kinner SA, Preen D. Closing the gap in Indigenous health: Why section 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 matters [Letter to the Editor]. Medical Journal of Australia. 2016;205(6):283. Full text
- Carroll M, Sutherland G, Kemp-Casey A, Kinner SA. Agreement between self-reported healthcare service use and administrative records in a longitudinal study of adults recently released from prison. Health & Justice. 2016;4(11). Full text
- Binswanger IA, Blatchford PJ, Forsyth S, Stern MJ, Kinner SA. Incidence, timing and risk factors for death related to infectious disease after release from prison in the United States and Australia: A retrospective cohort study. Public Health Reports. 2016;131:574-82. Full text
- Young JT, Butt J, Hersi A, Tohow A, Mohamed DH. Khat Dependence, Use Patterns, and Health Consequences in Australia: An Exploratory Study. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2016;77(2):343-8. Abstract
Reports
- Young JT, Dooren Kv, Borschmann R, Kinner SA. ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Survey 2016: Summary results. Canberra: ACT Health; 2016. Report
- Growns B, Kinner S, Baldry E, Conroy E, Larney S. Supported accommodation services for people released from custody: a scoping review to Inform the Development of the Rainbow Lodge Program. NDARC Technical Report. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales; 2016. Report
- Young JT, Dooren K, Borschmann R, Kinner SA. ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Survey 2016: Summary results. Canberra: ACT Health. Report
- Wallis R, Kinner S, Homel R. Submission to an Enquiry by the National Children’s Commissioner on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the Context of Youth Justice Detention Centres. Brisbane: Griffith University; 2016. Report
2015
Journal Articles
- Young JT, Arnold-Reed D, Preen D, Bulsara M, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Early primary care physician contact and health service utilisation in a large sample of recently released ex-prisoners in Australia: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2015;5(e6). Full text
- Young J, van Dooren K, Lennox N, Butler T, Kinner S. Inter‐rater reliability of the Hayes Ability Screening Index in a sample of Australian prisoners. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2015;59(11):1055-60. Abstract
- Winter R, Stoové M, Degenhardt L, Hellard ME, Jenkinson R, McCarthy DR, et al. Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015;153:43-9. Abstract
- Thomas E, Spittal M, Taxman F, Kinner SA. Health-related factors predict return to custody in a large cohort of ex-prisoners: New approaches to predicting reincarceration. Health & Justice. 2015;3(10). Full text
- van Dooren K, Young J, Blackburn C, Claudio F. Substance use interventions for people with intellectual disability transitioning out of prison. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2015;23(6): 650-653. Full text
- Young JT, Carruthers S, Kaye S, Allsop S, Gilsenan J, Degenhardt L, van de Glind G, van den Brink W, Preen D. Comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorder complexity and chronicity in treatment-seeking adults. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2015;34(6):683-93. Abstract
- Sutherland G, Carroll M, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Prescribed contraceptive use in women after release from prison. Health & Justice. 2015;3(8). Full text
- Plueckhahn T, Kinner SA, Sutherland G, Butler T. Are some more equal than others? Challenging the basis for prisoners’ exclusion from Medicare. Medical Journal of Australia. 2015;203(9):359-61. Abstract
- Kouyoumdjian FG, McIsaac K, Liauw J, Green S, Karachiwalla F, Siu W, et al. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and after release. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(4):e13-e33. Full text
- Kirwan A, Quinn B, Winter R, Kinner SA, Dietze P, Stoové M. Correlates of property crime in a cohort of recently released prisoners with a history of injecting drug use. Harm reduction journal. 2015;12(1):23. Full text
- Kinner SA, Young JT, Carroll M. The pivotal role of primary care in meeting the health needs of people recently released from prison. Australasian Psychiatry. 2015;23:650-3. Abstract
- Kinner SA, Winter R, Saxton K. A longitudinal study of health outcomes for people released from prison in Fiji: The HIP-Fiji project. Australasian Psychiatry. 2015;23(6_suppl):17-21. Full text
- Kinner SA, Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Hearps S, Spittal M, Sawyer S, et al. Substance use and risk of death in young offenders: A prospective data linkage study. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2015;34:46-50. Abstract
- Heffernan E, Davidson F, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody in Australia: prevalence and correlates. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2015;28(6):523-30. Abstract
- Heffernan E, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Enhancing research quality through cultural competence: a case study in Queensland prisons. Australasian Psychiatry. 2015;23(6):654-7. Abstract
- Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Hearps S, Kinner SA, Borschmann R, Moran P, et al. Associations between psychotic symptoms and substance use in young offenders. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2015;34:673-82. Abstract
- Bhandari A, van Dooren K, Eastgate G, Lennox N, Kinner SA. Comparison of social circumstances, substance use and substance‐related harm in soon‐to‐be‐released prisoners with and without intellectual disability. Journal of intellectual disability research. 2015;59(6):571-9. Abstract
- Avery A, Kinner SA. A robust estimate of the number and characteristics of persons released from prison in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2015;39(4):315-8. Full text
Reports
- Heffernan E, Andersen K, Aboud A, Scotney A, Kinner SA, Kilroy K, et al. The family business: Improving the understanding and treatment of post traumatic stress disorder among incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Brisbane: Queensland Health; 2015. Report
2014
Journal Articles
- van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Hellard M. A comparison of risk factors for hepatitis C among young and older adult prisoners. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2014;20(4):280-91. Abstract
- Stoové M, Kinner SA. Access to OST in prison is not enough: the crucial role of post-release retention in preventing drug-related harms. Addiction. 2014;109(8):1318-9. Full text
- Spittal MJ, Forsyth S, Pirkis J, Alati R, Kinner SA. Suicide in adults released from prison in Queensland, Australia: a cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014;68(10):993-8. Abstract
- Snow K, Young J, Preen D, Kinner SA. Incidence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection in a large cohort of prisoners who have injected drugs. BMC Public Health. 2014;14(830). Full text
- Kinner SA, Wang EA. The case for improving the health of ex-prisoners. American Journal of Public Health. 2014;104(8):1352-5. Full text
- Kinner SA, van Dooren K, Boyle F, Longo M, Lennox N. Development of an intervention to increase health service utilisation in ex-prisoners. Health and Justice. 2014;2(4). Full text
- Kinner SA, Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Sawyer S, Hearps S, Patton G. Complex health needs in the youth justice system: A survey of community-based and custodial offenders. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014;54(5):521-6. Abstract
- Forsyth SJ, Alati R, Ober C, Williams GM, Kinner SA. Striking subgroup differences in substance-related mortality after release from prison. Addiction. 2014;109(10):1676-83. Abstract
- Cutcher Z, Degenhardt L, Alati R, Kinner SA. Poor health and social outcomes for ex-prisoners with a history of mental disorder: A longitudinal study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2014;38(5):424-9. Full text
- Carroll M, Heffernan EB, Kinner SA. Medication use and knowledge in a large sample of Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2014;38(2):142-6. Full text
- Kaye S, Gilsenan J, Young JT, Carruthers S, Allsop S, Degenhardt L, van de Glind G, van den Brink W. Risk behaviours among substance use disorder treatment seekers with and without adult ADHD symptoms. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014;144:70-7. Abstract
- Kinner SA, Binswanger IA. Mortality After Release from Prison. In: Bruinsma G, Weisburd D, editors. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York, NY: Springer New York; 2014. p. 3157-67. Abstract
- Borschmann R, Coffey C, Moran P, Hearps S, Degenhardt L, Kinner SA, et al. Self‐harm in young offenders. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior. 2014;44(6):641-52. Abstract
Book Chapters
- Kinner SA, Binswanger IA. Mortality after release from prison. In: Bruinsma G, Weisburd D, editors. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Washington DC: Springer; 2014. p. 3157-67.
- Kinner SA, Binswanger IA. Mortality after release from prison. In: Bruinsma GJN, Weisburd DL, editors. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Washington DC: Springer; 2014. p. 3157-67.
- Heffernan E, Andersen K, McEntyre E, Kinner SA. Mental disorder and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system. In: Purdie N, Dudgeon P, Walker R, editors. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2 ed. Perth: Kulunga Research Network; 2014. Abstract
Reports
- Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint: A Report to the National Mental Health Commission. Sydney: National Mental Health Commission [corporate authorship]; 2014. Report
- Fletcher J, Sutherland G, Brophy L, Hamilton B, Kinner SA. Least restrictive practices in acute mental health wards including consideration of locked doors: A literature review and recommendations for future practice. Melbourne: Melbourne University; 2014. Report access
- Fletcher J, Hamilton B, King K, Sutherland G, Kinner S, Brophy L. Least restrictive practices in acute mental health wards including consideration of locked doors: Facilitated forums and options for the future. Melbourne: Melbourne University; 2014. Report access
- Avery A, Kinner SA, Clarke P. Modelling the economic costs of implementing a magistrate-based determination of fitness to stand trial and mental impairment. A report to the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Melbourne: University of Melbourne; 2014.
2013
Journal Articles
- van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Richards A. Complex health-related needs among young, soon-to-be released prisoners. Health and Justice. 2013;1(1). Full text
- van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Forsyth S. Risk of death for young ex-prisoners in the year following release from adult prison. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2013;37(4):377-82. Full text
- Thomas E, Degenhardt L, Alati R, Kinner SA. Predictive validity of the AUDIT for hazardous alcohol consumption in recently released prisoners. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013;134:322-9. Full text
- O’Donnell S. Use of administrative data for national surveillance of osteoporosis and related fractures in Canada: results from a feasibility study. Arch Osteoporos. 2013;8(1):1-6. Full text
- Moore E, Winter R, Ingid D, Greenberg D, Kinner SA. Non-fatal overdose among adult prisoners with a history of injecting drug use in two Australian states. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013;133(45-51). Abstract
- Kinner SA, Moore E, Spittal MJ, Indig D. Opiate substitution treatment to reduce in-prison drug injection: A natural experiment. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2013;24:460-3. Full text
- Kinner SA, Lennox N, Williams GW, Carroll M, Quinn B, Boyle F, et al. Randomised controlled trial of a service brokerage intervention for ex-prisoners in Australia. Contemporary Clinical Trails. 2013;36:198-206. Abstract
- Kinner SA, Burford BJ, van Dooren K, Gill C. Service brokerage for improving health outcomes in ex-prisoners (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013;2013(2):CD010343. 1-CD. 12. Protocol
- Dias S, Ware RS, Lennox NG, Kinner SA. Co-occurring mental disorder and intellectual disability in a large sample of Australian prisoners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2013;47(10):938-44. Abstract
- David M, Alati R, Ware RS, Kinner SA. Attrition in a longitudinal study with hard-to-reach participants was reduced by ongoing contact. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(5):575-81. Abstract
Book Chapters
- Heffernan EB, Andersen K, Kinner SA. Mental health and the criminal justice system. In: Purdie N, Dudgeon P, Walker R, editors. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd ed. Perth: Kulunga Research Network; 2013.
Reports
- Winter S, Saxton K, Kinner SA. Health in prisoners in Fiji. Research report prepared by the Burnet Institute and Empower Pacific for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Melbourne: Burnet Institute; 2013. Report