Opportunities for intervention for alcohol and other drug use problems for men before prison: A qualitative study

Michael F. Doyle; Jill Guthrie; Tony Butler; Anthony Shakeshaft; Katherine Conigrave; Megan Williams

doi:10.1002/hpja.617

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Opportunities for intervention for alcohol and other drug use problems for men before prison: A qualitative study

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Opportunities for intervention for alcohol and other drug use problems for men before prison: A qualitative study

Michael F. Doyle, Jill Guthrie, Tony Butler, Anthony Shakeshaft, Katherine Conigrave and Megan Williams

Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Vol.34(2), pp.570-578

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.617

PMID: 35570751

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Abstract

alcohol and drug treatment

health promotion information

inmate

prevention

prison

Research into opportunities for prevention including health promotion information about alcohol and other drugs (AoD) harms for people who go to prison is sparce. This is despite there being ample research reporting how much and how frequently AoD have been used by people who go to prison. This article describes results from a qualitative thematic analysis of interviews with 31 men in a Sydney prison, about where they first received health promotion information about AoD-related harms and their first-ever treatment episode. No participant reported receiving education on AoD harms or treatment support services in primary school or high school. Only one participant received their first treatment episode through a health service (in his case from a doctor) and none reported being screened for AoD use at a health service. Almost all (n = 27) participants had their first session with a trained AoD professional through the criminal justice system. Pro-active screening in health services for AoD use disorders and referral to appropriate health services is needed.

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Title: Opportunities for intervention for alcohol and other drug use problems for men before prison: A qualitative study
Authors: Michael F. Doyle (Corresponding Author) - The University of Sydney
Jill Guthrie - Australian National University
Tony Butler - UNSW Sydney
Anthony Shakeshaft - UNSW Sydney
Katherine Conigrave - The University of Sydney
Megan Williams - University of Technology Sydney
Publication details: Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Vol.34(2), pp.570-578
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1002/hpja.617
ISSN: 2201-1617
PMID: 35570751
Copyright note: © 2022 The Authors. Health Promotion Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Health Promotion Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Grants: Alcohol treatment for Aboriginal men in and out of prison, 1193618, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Working with Indigenous services and communities to reduce the harms from alcohol, 1117582, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Grant note: The original PhD project from which this paper arose was funded by a UNSW Postgraduate Scholarship.
Organisation Unit: Community Engagement; School of Health - Psychology
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991241466002621
Output Type: Journal article

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