Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada
This study provides empirical evidence in support of WHO and UN guidance and indicates that the delivery of correctional health services by community health authorities may reduce deaths, particularly overdose deaths, among people released from correctional centres.
Authors
- Maureen Olley
- Kate Roth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-5938)
- Amanda Slaunwhite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-0031)
- Tonia L. Nicholls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-4665)
- Stuart A. Kinner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-5343)
- Ruth Elwood Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-3692)
- Ashok Krishnamoorthy
- Leigh Greiner
- Dibbya Pravas Dasgupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3534-4773)
- Katherine McLeod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5352-054X)
- Heather Palis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-5717)
- Lisa McQuarrie
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Provincial Health Services Authority (CA)
- Curtin University (AU)
- BC Centre for Disease Control (CA)
- Government of British Columbia (CA)
- Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health & Justice
- Published
- 2025-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00389-7
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00