National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010
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 betw...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-438942022-10-27T03:52:56Z National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 Butler, Tony Lim, David Callander, D. 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. 2011 Report http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43894 Kirby Institute fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Butler, Tony Lim, David Callander, D. National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 |
| title | National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 |
| title_full | National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 |
| title_fullStr | National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 |
| title_short | National Prison Entrants’ Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, And 2010 |
| title_sort | national prison entrants’ bloodborne virus & risk behaviour survey 2004, 2007, and 2010 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43894 |