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Social/behavioral intervention strategies may help drug users avoid injection-related HCV, HIV infections

Hepatitis C Blog Posted on February 24, 2014 by HCV AdvocateFebruary 24, 2014

Despite a number of social/behavioral intervention and educational programs, the spread of hepatitis C
(HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) remains a chronic problem.
Now, researchers affiliated with New York University’s Center for Drug
Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) are focusing on intervention strategies
that highlight the lesser-known dangers of HCV transmission through the
sharing of other injection equipment such as cookers, filters,
drug-dilution water and water containers.

Their article, “The Staying Safe Intervention: Training People Who
Inject Drugs in Strategies to Avoid Injection-Related HCV and HIV
Infection,” published in the 2014 March-April issue of AIDS Education and Prevention, explores the feasibility and efficacy
of their “Staying Safe Intervention,” a strengths-based
social/behavioral intervention conducted with small groups of PWID,
designed to facilitate long-term prevention of HIV and HCV.

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Researchers Look to Reduce Hep C Infections with “Staying Safe Intervention” for Injecting Drug Users

Hepatitis C Blog Posted on February 15, 2014 by HCV AdvocateFebruary 15, 2014

Despite a number of social/behavioral intervention and educational programs, the spread of hepatitis C (HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) remains a chronic problem.  Now, researchers affiliated with New York University’s Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) are focusing on intervention strategies that highlight the lesser-known dangers of HCV transmission through the sharing of other injection equipment such as cookers, filters, drug-dilution water and water containers.

Their article, “The Staying Safe Intervention: Training People Who Inject Drugs in Strategies to Avoid Injection-Related HCV and HIV Infection,” published in the 2014 March-April issue of AIDS Education and Prevention, explores the feasibility and efficacy of their “Staying Safe Intervention,” a strengths-based social/behavioral intervention conducted with small groups of PWID, designed to facilitate long-term prevention of HIV and HCV.

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Social, welfare and structural interventions needed to improve HCV treatment access for people who inject drugs

Hepatitis C Blog Posted on May 30, 2013 by HCV AdvocateMay 30, 2013

A combination of interventions to create opportunities for
stable housing, stigma reduction and changes in the delivery of health care
could play a critical role in improving uptake of hepatitis C treatment in
people who inject drugs, according to a review published this month in Harm Reduction Journal (full text
freely available
).

Modelling studies suggest that scaling up hepatitis C
treatment access for people who inject drugs would reduce the prevalence of
infection and act as a prevention measure. Moreover, guidelines in several
countries have been revised so that drug use is no longer a reason to exclude a
person from hepatitis C treatment, and there is evidence that drug users can have
comparable adherence and treatment outcomes to other populations.

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