Search Results - "Pedrana, A."
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Does sexuality matter? A cross-sectional study of drug use, social injecting, and access to injection-specific care among men who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia
Published in Harm reduction journal (23-01-2023)“…Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are overrepresented in cohorts of people who inject drugs. GBMSM's substance use is usually explored…”
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Achieving hepatitis C elimination in Europe – To treatment scale-up and beyond
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-03-2018)Get full text
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Financial incentives to increase engagement across the hepatitis C care cascade among people at risk of or diagnosed with hepatitis C: A systematic review
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-11-2024)“…•Evidence for effectiveness of incentives to promote HCV care outcomes.•No randomised controlled trial assessed effectiveness of incentives for HCV…”
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Constructing a ‘target population’: A critical analysis of public health discourse on substance use among gay and bisexual men, 2000–2020
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-10-2022)“…BACKGROUNDGay and bisexual men (GBM) have higher substance use prevalences than general population samples - often attributed to stigmatisation of sexual…”
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Randomised controlled trial of active case management to link hepatitis C notifications to treatment in Tasmania, Australia: a study protocol
Published in BMJ open (25-03-2022)“…IntroductionBy subsidising access to direct acting antivirals (DAAs) for all people living with hepatitis C (HCV) in 2016, Australia is positioned to eliminate…”
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Point-of-care Hepatitis C virus testing and linkage to treatment in an Australian inner-city emergency department
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-10-2019)“…In Australia, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) treatment is declining, despite broad access to direct-acting antiviral medication. People who inject drugs are…”
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Point-of-care HCV RNA testing improves hepatitis C testing rates and allows rapid treatment initiation among people who inject drugs attending a medically supervised injecting facility
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-03-2024)“…To achieve hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination targets, simplified care engaging people who inject drugs is required. We evaluated whether fingerstick HCV RNA…”
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Exploring hepatitis C virus testing and treatment engagement over time in Melbourne, Australia: a study protocol for a longitudinal cohort study (EC-Experience Cohort study)
Published in BMJ open (04-01-2022)“…IntroductionThe advent of direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) means the elimination of HCV is possible but requires sustained effort to…”
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A longitudinal cohort study of HIV 'treatment as prevention' in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: the Treatment with Antiretrovirals and their Impact on Positive And Negative men (TAIPAN) study protocol
Published in BMC infectious diseases (12-12-2016)“…Australia has increased coverage of antiretroviral treatment (ART) over the past decade, reaching 73% uptake in 2014. While ART reduces AIDS-related deaths,…”
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O15 Recommendations for hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs in Australia
Published in Journal of Virus Eradication (01-08-2017)Get full text
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P59 Reaching hepatitis C virus elimination targets requires health system interventions to enhance the care cascade
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O17 Eliminate Hepatitis C Partnership: clinical site scoping
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P48 Implementing an elimination program for hepatitis C: a partnership approach from Victoria
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128 HEPATITIS C INFECTION, CLEARANCE AND REINFECTION IN A COHORT OF INJECTING DRUG USERS – A HIGHLY DYNAMIC PROCESS
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Reaching hepatitis C virus elimination targets requires health system interventions to enhance the care cascade
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-09-2017)“…Modelling suggests that achieving the World Health Organization’s elimination targets for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is possible by scaling up use of…”
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Point-of-care hepatitis C testing from needle and syringe programs: An Australian feasibility study
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-10-2019)“…Achieving hepatitis C elimination requires novel approaches to engage people at highest risk of infection into care pathways. Point-of-care-tests may help to…”
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