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Supported follow-up through the Juvenile Justice Centre Release Treatment Scheme improves continuity of health care for young people being released from custody.
Abstract
The Juvenile Justice Centre Release Treatment Scheme (JJCRTS) pilot project is designed to improve the number of young people accessing health care in the community following release from custody. A randomised controlled trial methodology was implemented with participants being allocated to either the JJCRTS intervention or usual care group. Data from the project at the twelve-month point indicates that young people allocated to the intervention group had at three months greater improvements in their level of access to health care, improved levels of engagement with their family/carer(s) with respect to health care and improved treatment compliance. This project is an initiative of the 2003 NSW Summit on Alcohol Abuse (NSW Government, 2003) and has been underway since November 2005.
This project won the 2007 NSW Health Awards, Primary Health and Continuing Care in the Community category.
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