By Professor Tony Gerard Butler

Conference Presentations

Coles T; Simpson PL; Kariminia A; Butler T, 2017, 'Hepatitis B in the Australian Indigenous Prisoner Population', presented at World Indigenous People's Conference on Viral Hepatitis, Anchorage, Alaska, 08 August 2017 - 09 August 2017

Simpson PL; Simpson M; Adily A; Butler T, 2017, 'The association between prison cell spatial density and infectious and communicable disease: a systematic review', presented at 15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, 03 April 2017 - 07 April 2017

Lafferty LM; Treloar C; Guthrie J; Chambers GM; Butler T, 2016, 'Relationships Matter: Social capital theory and the delivery of hepatitis C treatment in prison', presented at 10th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016

Lafferty LM; Treloar C; Guthrie J; Chambers GM; Butler T, 2016, 'Utilising social capital to promote HCV treatment in prison', presented at 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU), Oslo, Norway, 07 September 2016 - 09 September 2016

Lafferty LM; Treloar C; Butler T, 2016, 'Building social capital to promote HCV treatment in prison', presented at National Hepatitis Health Promotion Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 19 May 2016 - 20 May 2016

Lafferty LM; Treloar C; Chambers GM; Butler T; Guthrie J, 2016, 'Exploring dimensions of social capital of men in prison living with hepatitis C', presented at Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Lafferty LM; Guthrie J; Chambers GM; Butler T, 2015, 'Social capital of men in prison living with hepatitis C', presented at 2nd National Complex Needs Conference, 17 November 2015 - 18 November 2015

Lafferty LM; Guthrie J; Chambers GM; Butler T, 2013, 'Determining social capital indicators for accessing treatment and changes in QALYs post-treatment: HCV treatment among inmates in NSW', presented at National Indigenous Health Conference, Cairns, Australia, 25 November 2013 - 27 November 2013

Richmond RL; Indig D; Archer V; Butler T; Wodak A; Wilhelm K, 2009, 'Cardiovascular risk factors among prison inmates', presented at Public Health Association of Australia: Justice Health in Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 06 April 2009 - 09 April 2009

Richters J; Butler TG; Yap L; Kirkwood K; Grant L; Donovan B, 2008, 'Men in prison in New South Wales: Consensual and coercive sex', presented at Population Health Congress, Brisbane

Richters J; Donovan B; Butler TG; Yap L; Schneider K; Grant L; Smith A, 2008, 'Sexually transmissible infection and blood-borne virus history and sexual health knowledge among prisoners in New South Wales', presented at Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth

Yap L; Richters J; Butler TG; Kirkwood K; Donovan B, 2007, 'Gay, HIV-positive and in prison: Case studies in HIV prisoner non-disclosures', presented at Waves of Change, Waves of Hope: 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 August 2007 - 23 August 2007

Schofield PW; Butler TG; Hollis SJ; Smith NE; Lee SJ; Kelso WM, 2005, 'Traumatic brain injury and its correlates among Australian prison entrants', presented at 36th Public Health Association of Australia – Annual Conference ‘Successes in Public Health’, Perth, W.A. Australia, 25 September 2005 - 28 September 2005

Schofield PW; Lee SJ; Kelso WM; Hollis SJ; Butler TG, 2005, 'Reported head injury and its correlates in a prison ‘reception’ sample', presented at Justice Health, Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice, 2nd Prisoner Health Research Symposium, Garvan Institute, Sydney, Australia, 18 February 2005

Richmond RL; Wodak A; Wilhelm K; Butler T; Anderson I; Degenhardt L, 2003, 'Intervention to reduce smoking among prison inmates: a feasibility study.', presented at 2nd Australian Tobacco Conference, Melbourne, 09 April 2003 - 11 April 2003

Conference Abstracts

Ginnivan N; Hagos A; Butler T; Du Toit SSHJ; Withall A, (ed.), 2019, 'BRIDgES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE FACILITATORS & BARRIERS TO DEMENTIA SCREENING AND CARE OF OLDER PRISONERS', in BRIDgES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE FACILITATORS & BARRIERS TO DEMENTIA SCREENING AND CARE OF OLDER PRISONERS, Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, University of New South Wales, pp. 1 - 14, presented at Emerging Researchers in Ageing, University of New South Wales, 04 November 2019 - 05 November 2019, http://www.era.edu.au/ERA+2019

Knight L; Butler T; Greenberg D; Schofield P, 2016, 'Conducting challenging research in a community forensic population', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 25, pp. 28 - 28, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000384529600052&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Doyle M; Butler T; Guthrie J; Shakeshaft A, 2015, 'PRISON BASED TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOL AND RELATED OTHER DRUG USE AMONG INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS MEN', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 34, pp. 24 - 24, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000367694000066&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Richmond RL; Indig D; Archer V; Butler T; Wodak A; Wilhelm K, 2009, 'Cardiovascular risk factors among prison inmates.', in Justice health in Australia: beyond the convict era - meeting challenges for the 21st century: Program and abstract book., Public Health Association of Australia, Curtin, ACT, Melbourne, Australia, presented at Public Health Association of Australia Conference:, Melbourne, Australia, 06 April 2009 - 07 April 2009, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/28899511?selectedversion=NBD44671944

Richmond RL; Wodak A; Butler T; Wilhelm K; Baxter E; Anderson I, 2005, 'Intervention to reduce smoking among prisoners: 6 months feasibility study.', in Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research 11th Annual Meeting Abstracts., Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 130 - 130, presented at Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco 11th Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 20 March 2005 - 23 March 2005, https://srnt.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Conferences/Past_Annual_Meetings

Richmond RL; Wodak A; Butler T; Wilhelm K; Baxter E; Anderson I, 2004, 'Intervention to reduce smoking among prisoners: 6 months feasibility study.', in Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research 10th Annual Meeting Abstracts., Arizona, USA, pp. 94 - 94, presented at 10th Annual meeting, Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco, Arizona, USA, 18 February 2004 - 21 February 2004, https://srnt.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Conferences/Past_Annual_Meetings/2004_Annual_Meeting_Abstract.pdf

Reports

Butler T; MacIntyre R; Simpson P; Levy M, 2020, Report on the efficacy of measures to prevent the introduction and spread of COVID-19 to Silverwater women’s correctional centre

Hwang J; Simpson P; Butler T, 2020, Domestic Violence Electronic Monitoring Program evaluation: Phase 2 - feasibility evaluation report, UNSW Sydney, Sydney

Butler T; MacIntyre R; Simpson P; Levy M, 2020, Supplementary Report on COVID-19 and the Impact on NSW Prisoners, The Kirby Institute, Sydney, https://www.publicdefenders.nsw.gov.au/Documents/supplementary-report-covid-19-impact-on-nsw-prisoners-22-5-2020.pdf

Butler T; MacIntyre R; Simpson P; Levy M, 2020, COVID-19 and the Impact on NSW Prisoners, The Kirby Institute, Sydney, https://www.publicdefenders.nsw.gov.au/Documents/butler-et-al-report-on-covid-19-and-impact%20on-nsw-prisoners.pdf

Simpson P; Stolk SS; Adily A; Ton B; Butler T, 2020, Defining optimal post-prison care in New South Wales for those with psychosis

Simpson P; Adily A; Simpson M; Hwang YIH; Butler T, 2019, Domestic Violence Electronic Monitoring Program evaluation Phase 1: process evaluation report, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney and the New South Wales Department of Justice, Sydney, Sydney

Meurk C; Steele M; Yap L; Jones J; Heffernan E; Davison S; Nathan S; Donovan B; Sullivan L; Schess J; Harden S; Ton B; Butler T, 2019, Changing Direction: Mental health needs of justice-involved young people in Australia, The Kirby Institute, UNSW, Sydney, The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, https://kirby.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/kirby/report/MEH-JOSH_Report.pdf

Butler T; Simpson MA, 2017, National Prison Entrants' Blood-borne Virus Survey Report 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26408

Simpson PL; Butler T; Dodson M; Levy M; Kaldor J; Allsop S; Gray D; Wilhelm K; Al-Yaman F; Doyle M; Lafferty L, 2017, The Indigenous Offender Health Research Capacity Building Group Community Report, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Australian National University, Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Sydney

Schofield P; Rushworth N; Mugford S; Simpson MA; Butler T, 2016, Brain injury and the criminal justice system: Workshop report 2016, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, Kirby Institute and Brain Injury Australia, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26004

Simpson P; Guthrie J; Jones J; Butler T, 2016, Prisoner health research ethics national round-table: views of human research ethics committee chairs

Simpson PL; Simpson MA; Butler T, 2016, Prison cell size and adverse health effects: A systematic review, The Kirby Institute and Corrective Services NSW, Sydney

Simpson PL; Simpson MA; Butler T, 2016, Prison cell size and adverse health effects: Potential mediating factors, The Kirby Institute and Corrective Services NSW, Sydney

Simpson P; Guthrie J; Jones J; Butler T, 2015, Prisoner health research national round-table outcomes: views of prison health service directors, Sydney

Butler T; Callander D; Simpson MA, 2015, National Prison Entrants' Bloodborne Virus and Risk Behaviour Survey Report 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013, The Kirby Institute - UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26003, https://kirby.unsw.edu.au/report/national-prison-entrants-bloodborne-virus-and-risk-behaviour-survey-report-2004-2007-2010-and

Gisev N; Larney S; Kimber J; Burns L; Weatherburn D; Gibson A; Dobbins T; Mattick R; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2014, Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22 year data linkage study, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 330, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/determining-impact-opioid-substitution-therapy-upon-mortality-and-recidivism-among

Butler T; Lim D; Callander DJ, 2011, National Prison Entrants' Bloodborne Virus & Risk Behaviour Survey 2004, 2007, and 2010, Sydney NSW

Butler TG; Richters J; Yap L; Papanastasiou C; Richards A; Schneider K; Grant L; Smith A; Donovan BJ, 2010, Sexual health and behaviour of Queensland prisoners with Queensland and New South Wales comparisons, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Perth and Sydney, http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/sphcm/Research/Sexual_Health_Qld_Prisoners.pdf

Richters J; Butler TG; Yap L; Kirkwood K; Grant L; Smith AMA; Schneider K; Donovan BJ, 2008, Sexual health and behaviour of New South Wales prisoners, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/sphcm/Research/Sexual_Health_NSW_Prisoners.pdf

Theses / Dissertations

Lafferty LM; Butler T, 2017, Relationships Matter: Social Capital Theory and Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake among Men in Prison, http://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/UNSWORKS:unsworks_search_scope:unsworks_43422

Working Papers

Butler T; Haikerwal M; Schofield P; Dowse L; Withall A; Turnbull T; Cations M; Simpson MA, 2016, Linking health and justice data: Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Data Availability and Use, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health, Kirby Institute, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org

Preprints

Lukmanjaya W; Butler T; Cox S; Perez-Concha O; Bromfield L; Karystianis G, 2025, Leveraging AI to Investigate Child Maltreatment Text Narratives: Promising Benefits and Addressable Risks (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.73579

Mantell R; Hwang YIJ; Dark M; Radford K; Kasumovic M; Monds L; Schofield PW; Butler T; Withall A, 2024, Evaluating the User Experience and Usability of Game-Based Cognitive Assessments for Older People: Systematic Review (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.65252

Lukmanjaya W; Butler T; Taflan P; Simpson P; Ginnivan N; Buchan I; Nenadic G; Karystianis G, 2024, Population Characteristics in Justice Health Research Based on PubMed Abstracts From 1963 to 2023: Text Mining Study (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.60878

Hwang YI; Butler T, 2024, Responding to the rise of people leaving imprisonment in older age: development of a ‘Support-Efficacy’ framework as a transdisciplinary, holistic and strengths-based guide for understanding reintegration to the community., http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/9736n

Karystianis G; Simpson P; Lukmanjaya W; Ginnivan N; Nenadic G; Buchan I; Butler T, 2023, Automatic Extraction of Research Themes in Epidemiological Criminology From PubMed Abstracts From 1946 to 2020: Text Mining Study (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.49721

Hwang YIJ; Withall A; Hampton S; Snoyman P; Forsyth K; Butler T, 2023, Multi-sector stakeholder consensus on tackling the complex health and social needs of the growing population of people leaving prison in older age, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.27.23289227

Hwang YIJ; Hagos A; Withall A; Hampton S; Snoyman P; Butler T, 2023, Population ageing, incarceration and the growing digital divide: understanding the effects of digital literacy inequity experienced by older people leaving prison, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.13.23288514

Stewart AC; Cossar R; Walker S; Wilkinson AL; Quinn B; Dietze P; Winter R; Kirwan A; Curtis M; Ogloff JRP; Kinner S; Aitken C; Butler T; Woods E; Stoové M, 2021, Strategies to maximise study retention and limit attrition bias in a prospective cohort study of men reporting a history of injecting drug use released from prison: The Prison and Transition Health study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-510892/v1

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