Edwards, Layla Maree
Chang, Sungwon
Zeki, Reem
Jamieson, Sacha Kendall
Bowman, Julia
Cooper, Craig
Sullivan, Elizabeth
Article History
Received: 2 August 2023
Accepted: 24 November 2023
First Online: 3 January 2024
Declarations
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: The project titled Recidivism, health and social functioning following release to the community of NSW prisoners with problematic drug use: an Evaluation of the Connections Program (i.e., Connections) is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded project, which this study is embedded. Ethics approval for this project was granted from NSW Population and Health Services Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (HREC/16/CIPHS/17); Aboriginal Health Medical Research Council HREC (1187–16); Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network HREC (Reference Number: G217-16); Corrective Services NSW Ethics Committee (D190221581); University of Technology Sydney (ETH18-2587); and the University of Newcastle (H-2020–0074).
: We confirm that all authors have given their approval for the submission of this manuscript. In addition, a complete draft manuscript was sent to the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) HREC for review, as per their ethics agreement. This agreement states that any research outputs that include First Nations people must be submitted for review by the AH&MRC HREC for feedback and consultation prior to publication. This manuscript was submitted on 03/07/2023 and approved by the AH&MRC HREC on 18/07/2023.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.