McCausland, Ruth https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-0358
Reeve, Rebecca https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1022-8052
Sotiri, Mindy
Phelan, Lucy
Belackova, Vendula
Russell, Sophie
Funding for this research was provided by:
NSW Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Non-Government Organisation Evaluation Grants Scheme
Article History
Received: 24 February 2025
Accepted: 24 June 2025
First Online: 4 August 2025
Declarations
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: The study received ethics approval from University of New South Wales (UNSW) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (HC190209 and HC190724) and from the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) HREC (1575/19 and 1682/20). The research was conducted in accordance with guidelines for ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research (Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council 2023) and National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (National Health and Medical Research Council 2023). The Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Commissioner provided a letter of approval (D20/0316317) in relation to including custody data in the ROD data provided for this study. All participants in the qualitative study provided consent to participate.
: The authors declare no competing interests.