ArticleThe International journal on drug policy2022
Feasibility of hepatitis C virus testing and linkage in community supervision offices: Great potential but persistent challenges.
Article in The International journal on drug policy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- A Costing Analysis of a Nurse- and Peer-Led Mobile Model of Hepatitis C Care Adjacent to the Community Corrections Setting.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- A scoping review on HCV screening strategies: population to screen and the test types.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of a new paradigm to simplify testing, monitoring and treatment of hepatitis C virus in the United States.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Performance of a Point-of-Care Hepatitis C RNA Assay in a Community Supervision Cohort.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- People in community corrections are a population with unmet need for viral hepatitis care.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Review
- Viral hepatitis testing and treatment in community pharmacies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPersons involved with the justice system have an elevated risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) yet remain marginalized from treatment. Efforts to eliminate HCV will require targeted interventions within the justice system effective at providing diagnosis and treatment.
methodsWe implemented a novel HCV screening and treatment intervention for persons under community supervision in Rhode Island, USA during April 2018--March 2020. Participants received rapid point-of-care HCV antibody testing onsite and referral to community laboratory and treatment services as indicated. We assessed the HCV care cascade to identify areas for improvement.
resultsOverall, 483 individuals were screened for HCV antibody; 85 (18%) were positive. A minority of participants with positive HCV antibody tests (n=25/85, 29%) presented to community laboratories for confirmatory testing. Among participants that received HCV viral load results and linked to a treatment provider (n=12), four initiated treatment, three had record of completing treatment, and two were confirmed to have achieved cure.
conclusionLinkage to HCV viral load testing and treatment was challenging in this community supervision population, with substantial loss to follow-up at each step of the HCV cascade. Community supervision remains an important venue for case identification but substantial barriers to accessing HCV treatment exist. Innovative HCV diagnosis and treatment strategies are needed for community supervision populations.
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