The associations between social determinants of health, mental health, substance-use and recidivism: a ten-year retrospective cohort analysis of women who completed the connections programme in Australia

Table 5 Odds ratio of correlates of social determinants of health, mental health and substance-use

Needs at follow-up ^a	Adjusted odds ratio ^b	(95% CI)	p-value
Social determinants of health ^c
Housing	1.8	(1.1–2.9)	0.02
Employment	0.9	(0.4–2.2)	0.79
Financial problems	2.0	(1.3–3.2)	< 0.01
Education	1.0	(0.4–2.6)	0.99
Child-custody	1.9	(1.0–3.3)	0.04
Social support	3.0	(1.9–5.0)	< 0.01
Complex health issues ^d
Mental health	2.9	(1.9–4.6)	< 0.01

^a Domestic violence was removed from the analysis as the model was unstable due to the small number of women reporting these needs
^bAdjusted for admission year, age, and Opioid Substitution Therapy status in prison
^c Social determinants of health are defined as ongoing needs. They are the proportion of women who had an “issue” at baseline and reported still having that need at follow-up
^d Complex health issues were analysed at follow-up only (i.e., post-release) and therefore are not categorised as ongoing

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