National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010
| dc.contributor.author | Butler, Tony | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lim, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Callander, D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T15:10:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T15:10:47Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2011-10-02T20:01:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Butler, Tony and Lim, David and Callander, Denton. 2011. National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010; National Drug Research Institute Report, Curtin University, Kirby Institute (University of New South Wales) and National Drug Research Institute (Curtin University). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43894 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
Prisoner populations are characterised by engagement in a range of risk behaviours, most notably injecting drug use. Consequently they are at an increased risk of exposure to blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. Previous Australian research has shown that hepatitis C is between thirty to forty times higher among prisoners compared with the general community. Therefore, surveillance of this population to detect the presence of blood-borne pathogens and identify trends in risk behaviours is important in planning effective prevention strategies. This is the third prison entrants’ survey to have been conducted; the first was undertaken in 2004 and the second in 2007. The 2010 survey was enhanced to test for three sexually transmissible infections (STI) - chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis. | |
| dc.publisher | Kirby Institute | |
| dc.title | National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 | |
| dc.type | Report | |
| dcterms.source.startPage | 1 | |
| dcterms.source.endPage | 228 | |
| curtin.department | National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute) | |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access |