Search Results - "MORRIS, Meghan D"
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Progress toward closing gaps in the hepatitis C virus cascade of care for people who inject drugs in San Francisco
Published in PloS one (02-04-2021)“…People who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Data tracking the engagement of PWID in the continuum of HCV care…”
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Hepatitis C prevalence and key population size estimate updates in San Francisco: 2015 to 2019
Published in PloS one (11-05-2022)“…In 2017, San Francisco's initiative to locally eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a public health threat, End Hep C SF, generated an estimate of city-wide…”
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HCV incidence is associated with injecting partner age and HCV serostatus mixing in young adults who inject drugs in San Francisco
Published in PloS one (10-12-2019)“…HCV incidence is increasing in the US, notably among younger people who inject drugs (PWID). In a cohort of young adult (age<30 years) PWID in San Francisco we…”
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Injecting-related trust, cooperation, intimacy, and power as key factors influencing risk perception among drug injecting partnerships
Published in PloS one (31-05-2019)“…Sharing of injection drug use paraphernalia is a dyadic process linked to the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Despite this, limited research…”
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Estimated hepatitis C prevalence and key population sizes in San Francisco: A foundation for elimination
Published in PloS one (11-04-2018)“…Initiated in 2016, End Hep C SF is a comprehensive initiative to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) infection in San Francisco. The introduction of direct-acting…”
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Intimate injection partnerships are at elevated risk of high-risk injecting: a multi-level longitudinal study of HCV-serodiscordant injection partnerships in San Francisco, CA
Published in PloS one (06-10-2014)“…It is increasingly recognized that the risk for HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID), such as syringe sharing, occurs in…”
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Staff-Facilitated Telemedicine Care Delivery for Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection among People Who Inject Drugs
Published in Healthcare (Basel) (01-04-2024)“…Telemedicine offers the opportunity to provide clinical services remotely, thereby bridging geographic distances for people engaged in the medical system…”
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Telemedicine Acceptability and Experience in a Marginalized Population at Risk for Hepatitis C Virus
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A cross‐sectional study comparing men who have sex with men and inject drugs and people who inject drugs who are men and have sex with men in San Francisco: Implications for HIV and hepatitis C virus prevention
Published in Health science reports (01-07-2022)“…INTRODUCTION People who inject drugs (PWID) and men who have sex with men (MSM) carry a high burden of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) and represent key populations…”
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Correction: Estimated hepatitis C prevalence and key population sizes in San Francisco: A foundation for elimination
Published in PloS one (12-07-2018)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195575.]…”
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Lessons learned from implementing a diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum for health research professionals at a large academic research institution
Published in Journal of clinical and translational science (2024)“…Despite advances in incorporating diversity and structural competency into medical education curriculum, there is limited curriculum for public health research…”
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Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Young Adult Injectors: Using Evidence to Inform Comprehensive Prevention
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-08-2013)“…The hepatitis C virus (HCV) virus epidemic is ongoing in the United States and globally. Incidence rates remain high, especially in young adult injection drug…”
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Hepatitis C Care Cascades for 3 Populations at High Risk: Low-income Trans Women, Young People Who Inject Drugs, and Men Who Have Sex With Men and Inject Drugs
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-09-2021)“…To achieve elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, limited resources can be best allocated through estimation of "care cascades" among groups…”
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The effects of female sex, viral genotype, and IL28B genotype on spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C virus infection
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-01-2014)“…Although 20%‐40% of persons with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection demonstrate spontaneous clearance, the time course and factors associated with…”
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Low-income San Franciscans' Access to Basic Needs during COVID Shelter-in-Place: A Focus on People Who Use Drugs
Published in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved (01-08-2023)“…We conducted a cross-sectional study of low-income San Franciscans to assess the impact of COVID-19 on their life and well-being during the period of the…”
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Impact of HCV Testing and Treatment on HCV Transmission Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Who Inject Drugs in San Francisco: A Modelling Analysis
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-09-2023)“…Abstract Background Men who have sex with men who ever injected drugs (ever MSM-IDU) carry a high hepatitis C virus (HCV) burden. We estimated whether current…”
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Treatment cascade for hepatitis C virus in young adult people who inject drugs in San Francisco: Low number treated
Published in Drug and alcohol dependence (01-05-2019)“…•While only half accepted a treatment referral, all 5 who started therapy achieved SVR. To understand the number of young adult people who inject drugs (PWID)…”
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arrests for Drug Possession After California Proposition 47, 2011-2016
Published in American journal of public health (1971) (01-08-2018)“…To evaluate the effects of California Proposition 47, which reclassified felony drug offenses to misdemeanors in 2014, on racial/ethnic disparities in drug…”
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Hepatitis C mortality trends in San Francisco: can we reach elimination targets?
Published in Annals of epidemiology (01-01-2022)“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, and a leading cause of liver disease, transplant, and mortality. CDC HCV…”
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Assessing Representation and Perceived Inclusion Among Members of the Society for Epidemiologic Research
Published in American journal of epidemiology (01-10-2020)“…Abstract Using Web-based survey data collected in June–August 2018 from members of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), we characterized numerous…”
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