Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Individuals Presenting to St Vincent's Emergency Department From Victorian Correctional Facilities: An Observational Study
Incarcerated individuals present to EDs with acute health needs. First Nations people are disproportionately represented and require culturally safe, gender-responsive care. These findings highlight the need to improve equitable access to high-quality emergency care and patient-centred prison health services.
Authors
- Nicole Watt
- Hamed Akhlaghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-7265)
- Jonathan Karro
- Georgina Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-2802)
- Nicola Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-8750)
- Brendan F. Morrissey
- Felicia Zurzolo
- Archit Vora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6259-1033)
- Sam Freeman
- Eden Pham
- Sowon Park
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70207
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00