... were less than five, as per CSC’s standard reporting protocols. In these instances, results are presented in aggregate fashion. ^dResponse options for the questions regarding device sharing were slightly different for injection drug use (i.e. compared to smoking and snorting...

... was not significantly associated with age, marital status, education, previous history of imprisonment, length of imprisonment, piercing and high-risk sex; however, there was a significant association between a history of tattooing and a history of injecting drug use and Hepatitis C. Originality/value...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only HIV Offender health Medical ethics Injecting drug use Harm reduction Needle exchange Jordan Parsons can be contacted at: jordan.parsons@bristol.ac.uk It is important to remember just how much an individual’s risk of HIV infection increases...

.... Suzi Lyons can be contacted at: slyons@hrb.ie 08 02 2018 11 04 2018 25 06 2018 30 07 2018 06 08 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Health in prison Prison Injecting drug use Prisoners Drug...

... for emerging core descriptive content, with coding further refined in an iterative process of data coding and interpretation (Layder, 1993). Tuberculosis Qualitative research Injecting drug use HIV/AIDS Correctional health care Illicit drugs Tuberculosis (TB) represents a major public health...

... problems and ongoing injecting drug use. Provision of specialist hepatitis nurses and consultants were the most frequently recommended approaches to how prison hepatitis services could be improved. Originality/value – Many personal and systems-level barriers relevant to the delivery of HCV treatment...

.../approach – A cross-sectional survey of inmates of using a structured questionnaire and sample framework to reflect narcotic use among inmates and the prison gender mix. Findings – Among 230 inmates recruited to the study self-reported prevalence of injecting drug use was 7.4 percent (95 percent CI...

... to protect the health of injection drug‐using inmates by introducing harm reduction programmes and removing barriers to HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment. Originality/value This study illustrates, for the first time, the contexts behind high risk injecting drug use behaviours among prison inmates...