Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Nov 30, 2021
Date Accepted: Dec 6, 2021
PriSUD-Nordic - Intervening substance use disorders in the prison population: A Study Protocol for a mixed-methods project
ABSTRACT
Background:
A large proportion of the prison population experience substance use disorders (SUD), which are associated with poor physical and mental health, social marginalization, and economic disadvantage. Despite the global situation characterized by incarceration of large numbers of people with SUD and the health problems associated with SUD, people in prison are underrepresented in public health research.
Objective:
The overall objective of PriSUD- Nordic is to develop new knowledge contributing to better mental and physical health, improved quality of life, and better life expectancies among people with SUD in prison.
Methods:
The qualitative part includes ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative part is a registry-based cohort study including national registry data from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. The national prison cohorts will comprise approximately 500,000 individuals and include all people imprisoned in Norway, Sweden, and Demark during 2000-2019. The project investigates the prison population during three different time periods: before imprisonment, during imprisonment, and after release.
Results:
PriSUD-Nordic was funded by the Norwegian Research Council (NRC), December 2019, starting from 2020. Data collection is ongoing and will be completed in the first quarter of 2022. The PriSUD-Nordic project has formal ethical approval related to all work packages.
Conclusions:
PriSUD-Nordic will be the first research project to investigate the epidemiology and the lived experiences among people with SUD in the Nordic prison population. Successful research in this field will have the potential to identify significant areas of benefit and to have important implications for ongoing policy related to intervening SUD in the prison population.
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