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. 2024 Dec;71(4):387-406.
doi: 10.1177/02645505241232128. Epub 2024 Mar 10.

Testing and refining an approach to identifying health and social care needs in probation

Coral Sirdifield  1 , Thomas Parkhouse  1 , Charlie Brooker  2 , Graham Law  1
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Testing and refining an approach to identifying health and social care needs in probation

Coral Sirdifield et al. Probat J. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

We piloted an approach to identifying the health and social care needs of people on probation using a survey consisting of validated screening tools and key additional questions. We share findings from our analysis of the sample data, showing that there is a high complexity of needs in this population, with 65.4% of participants reporting at least one unmet need. We also explore the acceptability of this approach to identifying needs being used in routine probation practice and make recommendations about how identification and recording of needs could be approached and further researched in the future.

Keywords: Probation; health; healthcare; needs assessment; social care.

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Declaration of conflicting interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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