“Understanding and improving health outcomes for ex-prisoners”
Dr. Stuart Kinner has a background in forensic psychology and is currently Chief Investigator for two large studies of ex-prisoner health in Australia: a randomized controlled trial of a health-based intervention for more than 1,300 ex-prisoners in Queensland, and a study of the timing, causes and predictors of mortality among more than 42,000 ex-prisoners in Queensland. Dr Kinner’s research interests include the health of prisoners and ex-prisoners, the epidemiology of illicit drug use, and social and structural determinants of health in marginalized populations. He regularly presents his research findings at national and international conferences and has published widely in the areas of substance use and justice health. Dr Kinner is a member of a national Prisoner Health Information Group advising the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on the development of a world-first National Minimum Data Set for prisoner health, is Co-Director of the newly established Justice Health Field in the Cochrane Collaboration, and has a particular interest in transferring research findings into policy and practice.