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. 2023 Jun 22;41:100813. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100813

Table 2.

Sources of data used to assess level of compliance with each UN recommended HIV intervention for prisons and the crude rate of people living with HIV in prison in 2018–19 by Australian jurisdiction.

Intervention21 Jurisdiction
Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania New South Wales Western Australia Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory
1. Education, including peer-based programmes KI, KI KI KI PA,30, 31, 32 O KI PA33 PA,34 O
2. Condom programmes KI KI KI KI34 PA,31 O KI U PA,34 O
3. Prevention of sexual violence KI KI KI KI O KI U O
4. Drug dependence treatment, including opioid substitution therapy KI, PA35 KI KI KI PA36 KI PA36 PA36
5. Needle and syringe programmes KI KI KI KI O KI O O
6. Prevention of transmission through medical or dental services KI KI KI KI O KI O O
7. Prevention of transmission through tattooing, piercing, and other skin penetration forms KI KI KI KI O KI U O
8. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)a KI KI KI KI PA,31 O KI U O
9. HIV testing and counselling KI KI KI KI PA,31,37,38 O KI, PA39 U O
10. HIV treatment, care, and support KI KI KI KI PA,31 O KI U O
11. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis KI KI KI KI PA,40 O KI U O
12. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV KI KI KI KI O KI U O
13. Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections KI KI KI KI O KI U O
14. Vaccination, diagnosis, and treatment of viral hepatitis KI KI KI KI PA,36 O KI PA36 PA,36 O
15. Protecting staff from occupational hazards KI KI KI KI PA,40 O KI U O
Crude rate of people living with HIV in prison in 2018–19 KI U KI U O KI U O

KI: Key informant, PA: Publicly available information, O: Other. Two participants interviewed for stage two of the study provided policy information.

a

PrEP was not included in the comprehensive package at the time of its publication in 2013. Due to emerging evidence since publication, PrEP was added to this key intervention for this study.