The health of Australia's prisoners 2012 / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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- 7865921
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- Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013
- © 2013
- 1 online resource (xv, 194 pages) : colour illustrations, charts.
- ISBN:
- 9781742494647
- Summary:
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Prisoners have significant health issues, with high rates of mental health problems, communicable diseases, alcohol misuse, smoking and illicit drug use. 38% of prison entrants have ever been told they have a mental illness, 32% have a chronic condition. 84% are current smokers, but almost half of them would like to quit. 37% of prisoners about to be released said their health was a lot better than when they entered prison.
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- Section 1: Overview
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Demographic information
- Socioeconomic factors
- Section 2: Mental health
- 4. Mental health before and while in prison
- 5. Self-harm
- Section 3: Physical health
- 6. Communicable diseases
- 7. Chronic conditions
- 8. Activity and weight changes among dischargees
- 9. Aspects of women's health
- Section 4: Risky behaviours
- 10. Illicit drug use and needle sharing
- 11. Tobacco smoking
- 12. Risky alcohol consumption
- 13. Injuries, assaults and unprotected sex
- Section 5: Health service use
- 14. General health services
- 15. Prison clinic
- 16. Medication
- Section 6: Prison health services and procedures
- 17. Prison health services
- 18. Correctional services
- 19. Release procedures Section 7: Deaths
- 20. Deaths
- Section 8: Comparisons and future directions
- 21. International prisoner comparisons
- 22. Next steps and future directions.
- Notes:
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- "The authors of this report are Ingrid Johnston and Jenna Pickles."--Page vii.
- AIHW cat. no. PHE 170.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188)
- Subject:
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- Prisoners -- Drug use -- Australia -- Statistics
- Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- Statistics
- Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- Australia
- Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Australia
- Prisoners -- Medical care -- Australia -- Statistics
- Prisoners -- Mortality -- Australia
- Prisoners -- Australia -- Health and hygiene
- Prisoners -- Australia -- Legal status, laws etc
- Prisoners -- Australia -- Mortality
- Health status
- Law enforcement - Prisons - Prisoners
- Substance use
- Australian
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