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Infectious diseases, risk behaviours, and harm-reduction in women's institutions : findings from the 2022 National Health Survey / Kayla Wanamaker, Daniella Filoso, Wardah Mahboob & Sara Johnson.PS83-3/480E-PDF

"This report provides an overview of self-report responses from the 2022 National Health Survey, as well as an examination of serological data to determine prevalence estimates of infectious diseases in women’s institutions, such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and syphilis. Participant responses were used to examine factors that can increase risk for these infections, such as engagement in risk behaviours (tattooing, drug use, and unprotected sex), as well as awareness of, and access to, harm reduction services. Participants included 119 federally incarcerated individuals from women’s institutions across all Regions; 57 participants identified as Indigenous and 62 were non-Indigenous"--Executive Summary, page iv.

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Department/Agency
  • Correctional Service Canada, issuing body.
TitleInfectious diseases, risk behaviours, and harm-reduction in women's institutions : findings from the 2022 National Health Survey / Kayla Wanamaker, Daniella Filoso, Wardah Mahboob & Sara Johnson.
Series title
  • Research report ; no. R-480
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Maladies infectieuses, comportements à risque et réduction des méfaits dans les établissements pour femmes : résultats du Sondage national sur la santé de 2022.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa, Ontario : Correctional Service of Canada = Service correctionnel Canada, 2024.
Author / Contributor
  • Wanamaker, Kayla A., author.
Description1 online resource (xi, 70 pages).
ISBN9780660740041
Catalogue number
  • PS83-3/480E-PDF
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