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General Reports

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Relapse to smoking following release from smoke-free correctional facilities in Queensland, Australia.
Puljević C, de Andrade D, Coomber R, Kinner SA.
 Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Apr 11;187:127-133.
Abstract

Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder and injury in adults recently released from prison: a prospective cohort study.
Young JT, Heffernan E, Borschmann R, et al

Lancet Public Health
. 2018 Apr 17
Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency and segregation status in prisoners
Doyle Z, Dearin JW, McGirr J.
Int J Prison Health. 2018 Mar 12
Abstract

Hazardous alcohol consumption in non-aboriginal male inmates in New South Wales.
Field C.
Int J Prison Health. 2018 Mar 12;14(1):46-55.
Abstract

Just Sentences: Human rights to enable participation and equity for prisoners and all.
Martin R.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2018 Feb 1:1-5.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The impact of indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending.
Shepherd SM, Delgado RH, Sherwood J, Paradies Y.

BMC Public Health
. 2017 Jul 24;18(1):50.
Paper

Implementing two nurse practitioner models of service at an Australian male prison: a quality assurance study.
Wong I, Wright E, Santomauro D, et al 

J Clin Nurs
. 2017 Jun 21
Abstract

Student nurses' perceptions of clinical placements in Australian Prison Health Services: A mixed methods study.
 van de Mortel TF, Needham J, Barnewall K, et al 

Nurse Educ Pract
. 2017 Apr 11;24:55-61
Abstract

Smoking cessation in smoke-free prisons: a grounded theory study.
Djachenko A, St John W, Mitchell C.

Int J Prison Health
. 2016 Dec 19;12(4):270-279.
Abstract

Listening to Australian Indigenous men: stories of incarceration and hope.
Macdonald J, Scholes T, Powell K.
Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2016 Nov;17(6):568-577.
Abstract

Exploring barriers to and enablers of adequate healthcare for Indigenous Australian prisoners with cancer: a scoping review drawing on evidence from Australia, Canada and the United States
Olds J, Reilly R, Yerrell P, et al

Health Justice
. 2016;4:5
Abstract

Incident HCV genotype distribution and multiple infection in Australian prisons.
Walker MR, Li H, Teutsch S, et al
J  Clin Microbiol
. 2016 May 11.
Abstract

Enhancing research quality through cultural competence: a case study in Queensland prisons.
Heffernan E, Andersen K, Kinner SA.

Australas Psychiatry
. 2015 Oct 12.
Abstract

Our Father who art in prison: Conviction and rehabilitation for Australian Catholic clergy who are child sexual offenders.
O'Connor M
.
J Law Med
.
2015 Dec;23(2):471-87.
Abstract

Brief Report: Associations Between Self-Reported Paternal Relationships, Anger, Alcohol, and Intimate Partner Violence in a Prison Sample.
Bernardi J, Day A, Bowen E.

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2015 Oct 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The role of primary health care services to better meet the needs of Aboriginal Australians transitioning from prison to the community.
Lloyd JE, Delaney-Thiele D, et al 
BMC Fam Pract. 2015 Jul 22;16:86
Paper

A robust estimate of the number and characteristics of persons released from prison in Australia.
Avery A, Kinner SA.

Aust N Z J Public Health
. 2015 Feb 25.
Abstract

Finding and Keeping a Job: The Value and Meaning of Employment for Parolees.
Cherney A, Fitzgerald R.

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2014 Sep 1.
Abstract

Comparison of social circumstances, substance use and substance-related harm in soon-to-be-released prisoners with and without intellectual disability.
Bhandari A, van Dooren K, Eastgate G, Lennox N, Kinner SA.

J Intellect Disabil Res
. 2014 Aug 29.
Abstract

Pre-sentence mental health service use predicts post-sentence mortality in a population cohort of first-time adult offenders.
Sodhi-Berry N, Knuiman M, Alan J, et al

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
. 2014 Jul
Abstract

Experience and expression of anger among Australian prisoners and the relationship between anger and reintegration variables.
Shinkfield AJ, Graffam J.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2014 Apr;58(4):435-53.
Abstract

Imprisonment of opioid-dependent people in New South Wales, Australia, 2000–2012: a retrospective linkage study.
Degenhardt L, Larney S, Gisev N, et al
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2014 Apr;38(2):165-70.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: retrospective cohort study.
Larney S, Gisev N, Farrell M, et al
BMJ Open. 2014 Apr 2;4(4):e004666.
Paper

Prison Suicides in South Australia: 1996-2010.
Austin AE, van den Heuvel C, Byard RW.
J Forensic Sci. 2014 Mar 18.
Abstract

Recidivism among participants of an employment assistance program for prisoners and offenders.
Graffam J, Shinkfield AJ, Lavelle B.

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2014 Mar;58(3):348-63
Abstract

Risk of death for young ex-prisoners in the year following release from adult prison.
van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Forsyth S.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2013 Aug;37(4):377-82
Abstract

Validating a screening tool for mental health and substance use risk in an Indigenous prison population.
Ober C, Dingle K, Clavarino A,  et al

Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2013 Jun 27
Abstract

A cross-sectional study of susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases among prison entrants in New South Wales.
Larney S, Monkley DL, Indig D, Hampton SE.
Med J Aust. 2013 Apr 15;
Abstract

Recidivism Among Participants of an Employment Assistance Program for Prisoners and Offenders.
Graffam J, Shinkfield AJ, Lavelle B.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2012 Dec 30
Abstract

Experience and Expression of Anger Among Australian Prisoners and the Relationship Between Anger and Reintegration Variables.
Shinkfield AJ, Graffam J.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2012 Dec 24.
Abstract

Systematic review of record linkage studies of mortality in ex-prisoners: why (good) methods matter.
Kinner SA, Forsyth S, Williams G.
Addiction. 2012 Nov 19.
Abstract

Influenza control can be achieved in a custodial setting: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and 2011 in an Australian prison.
Guthrie JA, Lokuge KM, Levy MH.
Public Health
. 2012 Oct 18. pii: S0033-3506(12)00322-8
Abstract

High-risk drug-use practices among a large sample of Australian prisoners.
Kinner SA, Jenkinson R, Gouillou M, Milloy MJ.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 May 30. 
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A cross-sectional survey of prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among prisoners in New South Wales, Australia.
Larney S, Topp L, Indig D,  et el
BMC Public Health. 2012 Jan 6;12(1):14
Paper

The development of a parenting program for incarcerated mothers in Australia: A review of prison-based parenting programs.
Newman C, Fowler C, Cashin A.
Contemp Nurse
. 2011 Aug;39(1):2-11
.

Abstract

Effect of prison-based opioid substitution treatment, and post-release retention in treatment, on risk of re-incarceration.
Larney S, Toson B, Burns L, Dolan K.
Addiction
. 2011 Aug 18.
Abstract

Repatriation of a patient under a Forensic Order from Australia to Thailand.
Scott R, Graipaspong D.
Australas Psychiatry
. 2011 Aug 18.
Abstract

Psychological distress and experience of sexual and physical assault among Australian prisoners.
Schneider K, Richters J, Butler T,  et al
Crim Behav Ment Health
. 2011 Jun 14.
Abstract

Inpatient hospital use in the first year after release from prison:
a Western Australian population-based record linkage study.
A
lan J, Burmas M, Preen D, Pfaff J.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2011 Jun;35(3):264-9
Abstract

Identifying high risk groups for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses upon
admission to prison in Western Australia.
Watkins RE, Mak DB, Connelly C.
Rural Remote Health
. 2011 Jan-Mar;11:1621
Abstract

Evaluating Health Outcomes of Criminal Justice Populations Using Record Linkage: The Importance of Aliases.
Larney S, Burns L.
Eval Rev. 2011 Mar 10
Abstract

Analysis of the Stages of Change Model of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Readiness Among Prisoners.
D'Sylva F, Graffam J, Hardcastle L, Shinkfield A.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2010 Dec 27
Abstract

Frequent multiple hepatitis C virus infections among injection drug users in a prison setting.
Pham ST, Bull RA, Bennett JM,  et al
Hepatology
. 2010 Nov;52(5):1564-72
Abstract

Consensual Sex Between Men and Sexual Violence in Australian Prisons.
Richters J, Butler T, Schneider K,
et al
Arch Sex Behav
. 2010 Aug 31
Abstract

Medical Advocacy on Behalf of Detained Immigrants.
Venters HD, Foote M, Keller AS.
 
J Immigr Minor Health
. 2010 Apr 29.
Abstract

An ethnographic study of forensic nursing culture in an Australian prison hospital.
Cashin A, Newman C, Eason M,
  et al
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs
. 2010 Feb;17(1):39-45.
Abstract

Incidence and risk for acute hepatitis C infection during imprisonment in Australia.
Dolan K, Teutsch S, Scheuer N, et al
 
Eur J Epidemiol. 2010 Jan 19.

Abstract

 


Epidemiology/Disease Seroprevalence/Incidence Studies   

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Social capital strategies to enhance hepatitis C treatment awareness and uptake among men in prison.
Lafferty L, Treloar C, Guthrie J, et al  

J Viral Hepat
. 2016 Oct 24.
Abstract

Hepatitis C in Australian prisons: a national needs assessment.
Mina MM, Herawati L, Butler T, Lloyd A.
Int J Prison Health. 2016 Mar 14;12(1):3-16.
Abstract

Trends in HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C prevalence among Australian prisoners - 2004, 2007, 2010.
Reekie JM, Levy MH, Richards AH, et al  

Med J Aust
. 2014 Mar 17;200(5):277-280

Abstract

Prevalence of mental illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons.
Heffernan EB, Andersen KC, Dev A,
Kinner S.Med J Aust. 2012 Jul 5;197(1):37-41
Abstract

Juveniles

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Promising performance of a juvenile justice diversion programme in remote Aboriginal communities,
Northern Territory, Australia.

Clough AR, Kim San Lee K, Conigrave KM, et al
 
Drug Alcohol Rev.
2008 Jul;27(4):433-8.
Abstract
 
Women

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Medical homelessness and candidacy: women transiting between prison and community health care.
Abbott P, Magin P, Davison J, Hu W.

 Int J Equity Health
. 2017 Jul 20;16(1):130
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Pregnancy, prison and perinatal outcomes in New South Wales, Australia: a retrospective cohort study using linked health data.
Walker JR, Hilder L, Levy MH, Sullivan EA.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirt
h
. 2014 Jun 27;14(1):214
Paper

Reframing Spaces by Building Relationships: Community Collaborative Participatory Action Research with Aboriginal Mothers in Prison.
Sherwood J, Kendall S.
Contemp Nurse
. 2013 Jul 1.
Abstract

Prison Health Challenges

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
"A Drop in the Ocean": A Reflection on the Application of Cognitive Analytic Therapy Within a Prison Setting.
Roper L.  
J Forensic Nurs
. 2018 Apr 24.
Abstract

Demonstration of near-elimination of hepatitis C virus among a prison population: the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre hepatitis C treatment project.
Bartlett SR, Fox P, Cabatingan H, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 12.
Abstract

Longitudinal injecting risk behaviours among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting: The HITS-p study.
Cunningham EB, Hajarizadeh B, Amin J, et al
Int J Drug Policy
. 2018 Jan 20;54:18-25
Abstract

Systematic review of aged care interventions for older prisoners.
Stevens BA, Shaw R, Bewert P, et al  

Australas J Ageing
. 2017 Dec 6.
Abstract

Problem Gambling Among Australian Male Prisoners: Lifetime Prevalence, Help-Seeking, and Association With Incarceration and Aboriginality.
Riley BJ, Larsen A, Battersby M, Harvey P
.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2017 Nov 1
Abstract

'Prison - no place for older people.
Norman A.  
Nurs Stand. 2017 Aug 2;31(49):29
Abstract

Ongoing incident hepatitis C virus infection among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting, 2005-2014: the HITS-p study.
Cunningham EB, Harjarizadeh B, Bretana NA,  et al  

J Vral Hepat
. 2017 Mar 3
Abstract

Monitoring a Prison Opioid Treatment Program Over a Period of Change to Clinical Governance Arrangements, 2007-2013.
Larney S, Lai W, Dolan K, Zador D.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016 Nov;70:58-63
Abstract

Adult ADHD Among NSW Prisoners: Prevalence and Psychiatric Comorbidity.
Moore E, Sunjic S, Kaye S,

J Atten Disord. 2016 Nov;20(11):958-967.
Abstract

A nurse-led intervention improved blood-borne virus testing and vaccination in Victorian prisons.
Winter RJ, White B, Kinner SA, et al Aust N Z J 
Public Health. 2016 Oct 23
Abstract

Psychological Distress Among Older Prisoners: Associations With Health, Health Care Utilization, and the Prison Environment.
Baidawi S, Trotter C.
J Correct Health Care. 2016 Sep 25
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
T
he Prison Economy of Needles and Syringes: What Opportunities Exist for Blood Borne Virus Risk Reduction When Prices Are so High?
Treloar C, McCredie L, Lloyd AR. 
PLoS One. 2016 Sep 9;11(9):e0162399. 
Paper

A qualitative study of reasons for seeking and ceasing opioid substitution treatment in prisons in New South Wales, Australia.
Larney S, Zador D, Sindicich N, Dolan K.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2016 Jun 21.
Abstract

The Impact of Vocational Education and Training Programs on Recidivism: A Systematic Review of Current Experimental Evidence.
Newton D, Day A, Giles M, Wodak J,
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2016 May 13
Abstract

Trajectories of psychological distress after prison release: implications for mental health service need in ex-prisoners.
Thomas EG, Spittal MJ, Heffernan EB, et al

Psychol Med
. 2015 Nov 9:1-11
Abstract

Factors influencing workplace violence risk among correctional health workers: insights from an Australian survey.
Cashmore AW, Indig D, Hampton SE, et al

Aust J Prim Health
. 2015 Oct 12.
Abstract

The extramedical use and diversion of opioid substitution medications and other medications in prison settings in Australia following the introduction of buprenorphine-naloxone film.
White N, Ali R, Larance B, Zador D,  et al

Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2015 Sep 1
Abstract

Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia.
Winter RJ, Stoové M, Degenhardt L, et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2015 Jun 16.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Baseline Omega-3 Index Correlates with Aggressive and Attention Deficit Disorder Behaviours in Adult Prisoners.
Meyer BJ, Byrne MK, Collier C, et a

PLoS One. 2015 Mar 20;10(3):e0120220.
Paper

Substance Use, Offending, and Participation in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programmes: A Comparison of Prisoners with and without Intellectual Disabilities.
McGillivray JA, Gaskin CJ, Newton DC, Richardson BA.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2015 Mar 6.

Abstract

Drug and alcohol use and treatment for Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners: demand reduction strategies.
Dolan K, Rodas A, Bode A.
Int J Prison Health. 2015;11(1):30-8
Abstract

A prison mental health in-reach model informed by assertive community treatment principles: evaluation of its impact on planning during the pre-release period, community mental health service engagement and reoffending.
McKenna B, Skipworth J, Tapsell R,  et al

Crim Behav Ment Health
. 2014 Nov 3
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: retrospective cohort study.
Larney S, Gisev N, Farrell M, et al

BMJ Open
. 2014 Apr 2;4(4):e004666.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A Descriptive Model of Patient Readiness, Motivators, and Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake among Australian Prisoners.
Yap L, Carruthers S, Thompson S, Cheng W, et a
l
PLoS One
. 2014 Feb 27;9(2):e87564.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Heroin use impairs smoking cessation among Australian prisoners.
Indig D, Wodak AD, Richmond RL, et al
BMC Public Health. 2013 Dec 19;13
Paper

Non-fatal overdose among adult prisoners with a history of injecting drug use in two Australian states.
Moore E, Winter R, Indig D,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jul 15.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
An exploratory study of cannabis withdrawal among Indigenous Australian prison inmates: study protocol.
Rogerson B, Copeland J, Buttner P,  et al

BMJ Open
. 2013 May 28;3(5).
Paper

Co-occurring mental disorder and intellectual disability in a large sample of Australian prisoners.
Dias S, Ware RS, Kinner SA, Lennox NG.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry
. 2013 May 30
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Penile Implants among Prisoners-A Cause for Concern?
Yap L, Butler T, Richters J, et al
PLoS One
. 2013;8(1):e53065
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Condoms for prisoners: no evidence that they increase sex in prison, but they increase safe sex.
Butler T, Richters J, Yap L, Donovan B.
Sex Transm Infect
. 2013 Jan 7
Paper

A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Smoking Cessation Intervention Conducted among Prisoners.
Richmond R, Indig D, Butler T,  et al 
Addiction
. 2012 Dec 11.
Abstract

Physical health outcomes in prisoners with intellectual disability: a cross-sectional study.
Dias S, Ware RS, Kinner SA, Lennox NG.
J Intellect Disabil Res
. 2012 Oct 29.
Abstract

Increased mortality among Indigenous persons during and after release from prison in New South Wales.
Kariminia A, Butler T, Jones J, Law M.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2012 Jun;36(3):274-80.
Abstract

A systematic review of psychotropic drug prescribing for prisoners.
Griffiths EV, Willis J, Spark MJ.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2012 May;46(5):407-21.
Abstract

The challenges of reducing tobacco use among prisoners.
Richmond RL, Butler TG, Indig D, et al
Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2012 Mar 26
Abstract

Incidence and risk factors for non-fatal overdose among a cohort of recently incarcerated
illicit drug users.

Kinner SA, Milloy MJ, Wood E,  et al
Addict Behav. 2012 Feb 7
Abstract

The Decline in Sexual Assaults in Men's Prisons in New South Wales: A "systems" Approach.
Yap L, Richters J, Butler T, et al
J Interpers Violence
. 2011 Jan 30
Abstract

Establishing a compulsory drug treatment prison: Therapeutic policy, principles, and practices
in addressing offender rights and rehabilitation.

Birgden A, Grant L.

Int J Law Psychiatry
. 2010 Oct 4
Abstract

Establishment of a successful assessment and treatment service for
Australian prison inmates with chronic hepatitis C.
Boonwaat L, Haber PS, Levy MH, Lloyd AR.
Med J Aust.  May 3;192(9):496-500.
Abstract

Moving beyond non-engagement on regulated needle-syringe exchange programs in Australian prisons.
Mogg D, Levy M.

Harm Reduct J
. 2009 May 4;6(1):7. 
Abstract


New Guinea
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Cross-sectional dietary deficiencies among a prison population in Papua New Guinea.
Gould C, Tousignant B, Brian G,  et al
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2013 Apr 22;13(1):21
Paper

Optic Neuropathy among a Prison Population in Papua New Guinea.
Tousignant B, Brian G, Venn BJ,  et al
Ophthalmic Epidemiol
. 2013;20(1):4-12
Abstract

Serum retinol and xerophthalmia among a prison population in Papua New Guinea.
Brian G, Tousignant B, Venn BJ, et al
Ophthalmic Epidemio
l
. 2011 Dec;18(6):288-94.
Abstract


New Zealand
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Male Adult Prison Population and Its Association with the Offence Type.
Mitchell T, Theadom A, du Preez E.
Neuroepidemiology. 2017 Aug 3;48(3-4):164-170.
Abstract

Changes in Health Perceptions of Male Prisoners Following a Smoking Cessation Program.
Muir S, Marshall B.

J Correct Health Care
. 2016 Jul;22(3):247-56
Abstract

Mental Illness Among Women Referred for Psychiatric Services in a New Zealand Women's Prison.
Collier S, Friedman SH.

Behav Sci Law
. 2016 Apr 7.
Abstract

Physical well-being and ethnic inequality in New Zealand prisons, 1840-1975.
Inwood K, Oxley L, Roberts E.

Hist Fam
. 2015 Apr 1;20(2):249-269.
Abstract

Narratives of Four Maori Ex-Inmates About Their Experiences and Perspectives of Rehabilitation Programmes.
Nakhid C, Shorter LT.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2013 Mar 12.
Abstract

Indoor Air Pollution Levels Were Halved as a Result of a National Tobacco Ban in a New Zealand Prison.
Thornley S, Dirks KN, Edwards R, et al
Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 May 15. [
Abstract

Beyond Static and Dynamic Risk Factors: The Incremental Validity of Release Planning for
Predicting Sex Offender Recidivism.

Scoones CD, Willis GM, Grace RC.
J Interpers Violence. 2011 Aug 22|
Abstract

Reform and community care: has de-institutionalisation delivered for people with
intellectual disability?

Burrell B, Trip H.
Nurs Inq. 2011 Jun;18(2):174-83
Abstract

Validation of brief screening tools for mental disorders among New Zealand prisoners.
Evans C, Brinded P, Simpson AI,  et al

Psychiatr Serv
. 2010 Sep;61(9):923-8.
Abstract

High-Intensity Rehabilitation for Violent Offenders in New Zealand: Reconviction
Outcomes for High- and Medium-Risk Prisoners.

Polaschek DL.

J Interpers Violenc
e
. 2010 Jun 3
Abstract


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