TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis C elimination among people incarcerated in prisons
T2 - challenges and recommendations for action within a health systems framework
AU - International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users–Prisons Network
AU - Akiyama, Matthew J.
AU - Kronfli, Nadine
AU - Cabezas, Joaquin
AU - Sheehan, Yumi
AU - Thurairajah, Prem H.
AU - Lines, Richard
AU - Lloyd, Andrew R.
N1 - Funding Information:
MJA is supported by a career development award from National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse; R00 DA043011). NK is supported by a career award from the Fonds de Recherche Québec—Santé (FRQ-S; Junior 1). ARL is supported by a practitioner fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (no. 1137587).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global public health problem in correctional settings. The International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users–Prisons Network is a special interest group committed to advancing scientific knowledge exchange and advocacy for HCV prevention and care in correctional settings. In this Review, we highlight seven priority areas and best practices for improving HCV care in correctional settings: changing political will, ensuring access to HCV diagnosis and testing, promoting optimal models of HCV care and treatment, improving surveillance and monitoring of the HCV care cascade, reducing stigma and tackling the social determinants of health inequalities, implementing HCV prevention and harm reduction programmes, and advancing prison-based research.
AB - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global public health problem in correctional settings. The International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users–Prisons Network is a special interest group committed to advancing scientific knowledge exchange and advocacy for HCV prevention and care in correctional settings. In this Review, we highlight seven priority areas and best practices for improving HCV care in correctional settings: changing political will, ensuring access to HCV diagnosis and testing, promoting optimal models of HCV care and treatment, improving surveillance and monitoring of the HCV care cascade, reducing stigma and tackling the social determinants of health inequalities, implementing HCV prevention and harm reduction programmes, and advancing prison-based research.
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U2 - 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30365-4
DO - 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30365-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33857445
AN - SCOPUS:85104082242
SN - 2468-1253
VL - 6
SP - 391
EP - 400
JO - The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 5
ER -
