Reducing barriers to Hepatitis C treatment among drug users: An integrated Hepatitis C Peer Education and support program

Robert J. Roose; Lauren Cockerham-Colas; Irene Soloway; Abigail Batchelder; Alain H. Litwin

doi:10.1353/hpu.2014.0096

Reducing barriers to Hepatitis C treatment among drug users: An integrated Hepatitis C Peer Education and support program

Robert J. Roose, Lauren Cockerham-Colas, Irene Soloway, Abigail Batchelder, Alain H. Litwin

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This report describes an innovative HCV Peer Educator Program that facilitates education, support, and engagement in HCV treatment among patients in an opioid treatment program. Integrating peer educators in a collaborative manner with close supervision holds promise as a model to reduce barriers to HCV treatment among drug users.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	652-662
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2014.0096
State	Published - May 2014

Keywords

Hepatitis C
Injection drug users
Methadone
Opiate agonist treatment
Peer education

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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