Research
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mapping the forensic mental health ecosystem in Australia: A national audit
This project, commissioned by the National Mental Health Commission, identified and analysed government strategies, policies and plans relevant to mental health of justice-involved people, at national, State and Territory levels.
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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.