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 4 Odds ratio of correlates of return-to-custody within two years, ongoing social determinants of health and complex health issues at follow-up

Needs at follow-up	Adjusted odds ratio^a	(95% CI)	p-value
Social determinants of health^b
Housing	1.1	(0.6–1.9)	0.75
Employment	0.9	(0.3–2.1)	0.73
Financial problems	1.0	(0.6–1.6)	0.99
Education	1.1	(0.2–8.0)	0.93
Domestic violence	0.5	(0.1–2.0)	0.31
Child-custody	1.3	(0.7–2.3)	0.44
Social support	1.3	(0.8–2.2)	0.31
Complex health issues^c
Substance-use	1.8	(1.1–2.9)	0.02
Mental health	1.1	(0.7–1.9)	0.6

^aAdjusted for admission year, age, born overseas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, first time in custody and sentence-length
^bSocial 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
^cComplex health issues were analysed at follow-up only (i.e., post-release), and therefore are not categorised as ongoing

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