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Hepatitis C Screening: Barriers to Linkage to Care [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, 2019
Background and Aims: Hepatitis C (HCV) is a medical and public health concern. Once infected individuals are identified, management includes not only education but also the use of antiviral therapy. Although screening for HCV is readily available, barriers exist which prevent assessment and treatment in individuals potentially infected with HCV ...
Saab, Sammy, Challita, Youssef P., Najarian, Lisa M., Guo, Rong, Saggi, Satvir S., Choi, Gina   +5 more
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Built Environment and HIV Linkage to Care in Rural South Africa [PDF]

Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 2021
Background We assessed built environment (residential density, landuse mix and aesthetics) and HIV linkage to care (LTC) among 1,681 (18–49 years-old) residents of 15 Mpumalanga villages, South Africa. Methods Multilevel models (linear-
Nosipho Shangase, Brian Pence, Sheri A. Lippman, Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Audrey Pettifor   +7 more
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Impact of the Hepatitis Testing and Linkage to Care (HepTLC) Initiative on Linkage to Care for Minnesota Refugees with Hepatitis B, 2012–2014 [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2016
Objective. The Hepatitis Testing and Linkage to Care (HepTLC) initiative promoted viral hepatitis B and hepatitis C screening, posttest counseling, and linkage to care at 34 U.S. sites from 2012 to 2014. Through the HepTLC initiative, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and clinic partners began conducting ...
Ann C, Linde, Kristin A, Sweet, Kailey, Nelson, Blain, Mamo, Sara M, Chute   +4 more
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Perspectives on linkage to care for patients diagnosed with HIV: A qualitative study at a rural health center in South Western Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Linkage to care for newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is important to ensure that patients have good access to care. However, there is little information about factors influencing linkage to care for HIV patients.
Mark Opio, Florence Akello, Doreen Kagina Twongyeirwe, David Opio, Juliet Aceng, Jane Kasozi Namagga, Jerome Kahuma Kabakyenga   +6 more
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Elimination of Hepatitis C in Southern Italy: A Model of HCV Screening and Linkage to Care among Hospitalized Patients at Different Hospital Divisions

Viruses, 2022
Background: Free-of-charge HCV screening in some key populations and in 1969–1989 birth cohorts has been funded in Italy as the first step to diagnosing individuals who are infected but asymptomatic.
Valerio Rosato, Loreta A. Kondili, Riccardo Nevola, Pasquale Perillo, Davide Mastrocinque, Alessio Aghemo, Ernesto Claar   +6 more
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Accuracy of Definitions for Linkage to Care in Persons Living With HIV [PDF]

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2013
To compare the accuracy of linkage to care metrics for patients diagnosed with HIV using retention in care and virological suppression as the gold standards of effective linkage.A retrospective cohort study of patients aged 18 years and older with newly diagnosed HIV infection in the City of Philadelphia, 2007-2008.Times from diagnosis to clinic visits
Sara C, Keller, Baligh R, Yehia, Michael G, Eberhart, Kathleen A, Brady   +3 more
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Markov modeling in hepatitis B screening and linkage to care [PDF]

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, 2017
With up to 240 million people chronically infected with hepatitis B worldwide, including an estimated 2 million in the United States, widespread screening is needed to link the infected to care and decrease the possible consequences of untreated infection, including liver cancer, cirrhosis and death.
Sehr, Martin A, Joshi, Kartik D, Fontanesi, John M, Wong, Robert J, Bitmead, Robert R, Gish, Robert G   +5 more
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Characterizing a Leak in the HIV Care Cascade: Assessing Linkage Between HIV Testing and Care in Tanzania

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: In Tanzania, HIV testing data are reported aggregately for national surveillance, making it difficult to accurately measure the extent to which newly diagnosed persons are entering care, which is a critical step of the HIV care cascade.
Richelle Harklerode, Jim Todd, Mariken de Wit, James Beard, Mark Urassa, Richard Machemba, Bernard Maduhu, James Hargreaves, Geoffrey Somi, Brian Rice   +9 more
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“Linkage to care” among people living with HIV – definition in the era of “universal test and treat” in a sub-Sahara African setting

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021
BACKGROUND Prompt linkage to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care after diagnosis is of utmost importance for individual health and reduction of HIV transmission. Different definitions for “linkage to care” have challenged comparisons as a
Raphael Magnolini, Elizabeth Senkoro, Fiona Vanobberghen, Maja Weisser   +3 more
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Linkage-To-Care: A Model for Success

HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment - Open Journal, 2017
On July 13th 2010 the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) set forth a goal of increasing national linkage to care rates from 65% to 85%. A local AIDS Services Organization (ASO) that recently transitioned to a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in New Orleans, LA, USA had a testing cohort of 2,785 with a consistent 2% positivity rate.
Ashley King, Caitlin Canfield, Joseph Olsen   +2 more
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