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Sexual Health & Attitudes of Australian Prisoners Survey (Queensland component)

  • Research program: Justice health
  • Project status: Completed
  • Start date: September 2007
  • Expected end date: December 2010
  • Completion date: March 2011
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Project Description

This project aims to collect information on risk behaviours and knowledge and attitudes to sex from a sample of 2,400 Australian prisoners. The study is being conducted in both NSW and Queensland and has two components: a large quantitative survey (n=2,400) using a standard questionnaire and a series of in-depth interviews with selected prisoners. A telephone interview method is being used to screen prisoners in NSW and Qld correctional centres. The project is modelled on the recent Australian Study of Health and Relationships which interviewed 19,000 people in the community.

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  • Chief Investigator: Eva Malacova, Curtin University
Project Contact

Professor Tony Butler
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Tel: 612 9385 9257
tbutler@unsw.edu.au
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Sustainable Development Goals and Targets

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Related Publications

Malacova, E., Butler, T., Yap, L., Grant, L., Richards, A., Smith, A. and Donovan, B. (2012). Sexual coercion prior to imprisonment: prevalence, demographic and behavioural correlates. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 23, (8), pp. 533-9. doi:10.1258/ijsa.2011.011069 [RJ814] View web page

Malacova, E., Butler, T., Richters, J., Yap, L., Grant, L., Richards, A., Smith, A. and Donovan, B. (2011). Attitudes towards sex: a comparison of prisoners and the general community. Sexual Health, 8, pp. 355-362. doi:10.1071/sh10113 [RJ774] View web page

Malacova, E., Butler, T., Richters, J., Yap, L., Grant, L., Richards, A., Smith, A. and Donovan, B. (2011). Knowledge of sexually transmissible infections: a comparison of prisoners and the general population. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 22, (7), pp. 381-386. doi:10.1258/ijsa.2011.010408 [RJ777] View web page

Butler, T., Richters, J., Yap, L., Papanastasiou, C., Richards, A., Schneider, K., Grant, L., Smith, A. and Donovan, B. (2010). Sexual health and behaviour of Queensland prisoners, with Queensland and New South Wales comparisons. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney. ISBN: 978-0-9807054-0-9 [R236] Download PDF