Monitoring and improving the health of ex-prisoners

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1004765

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

More than 50,000 people are released from prison in Australia each year. Ex-prisoners experience high rates of chronic disease, social disadvantage, mental illness, drug dependence and premature death, yet we know almost nothing about how to improve their health outcomes. This program of research will identify key health issues for ex-prisoners and generate evidence-based responses, simultaneously improving health and reducing reoffending among this highly marginalised group.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $401,361.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

criminality | illicit drug use | infectious diseases | longitudinal cohort study | mental illness | mortality | prison population | record linkage

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