The physical health status of young Australian offenders

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Butler, Tony ^a,b   Belcher, Josephine M ^c   Champion, Una ^d   Kenny, Dianna ^e   Allerton, Mark ^f   Fasher, Michael ^g  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c National Prescribing Service   (Australia)

^d JUSTICE HEALTH AND FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Department of Juvenile Justice ^*  (Australia)

^g University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Australia; Blood borne pathogens; Health status; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; DETENTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OFFENDER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRISONERS; PRISONS;

EID: 40449131074     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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