Testing, diagnosis, and treatment following the implementation of a program to provide dried blood spot testing for HIV and hepatitis C infections: the NSW DBS Pilot

Autor: Nigel Carrington, Anna Conway, Jason Grebely, Mitchell Starr, Beth Catlett, Annabelle Stevens, Bianca Prain, Colette McGrath, Louise Causer, Rebecca Guy, Joanne Holden, Phillip Keen, Melanie Kingsland, Heng Lu, Cherie Power, Phillip Read, Carolyn Murray, Anna McNulty, Philip Cunningham, on behalf of the NSW DBS Pilot Study Group

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Abstract Background Dried blood spot (DBS) testing provides an alternative to phlebotomy and addresses barriers to accessing healthcare experienced by some key populations. Large-scale evaluations of DBS testing programs are needed to understand thei

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A ‘one-stop-shop’ point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing intervention to enhance treatment uptake in a reception prison: the PIVOT study

Autor: Yumi Sheehan, Evan B. Cunningham, Amanda Cochrane, Marianne Byrne, Tracey Brown, Colette McGrath, Lise Lafferty, Nicodemus Tedla, Gregory J. Dore, Andrew R. Lloyd, Jason Grebely

Publikováno v: Journal of Hepatology.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2023.04.019

Evaluation of hepatitis C treatment-as-prevention within Australian prisons (SToP-C):a prospective cohort study

Autor: Behzad Hajarizadeh, Jason Grebely, Marianne Byrne, Pip Marks, Janaki Amin, Hamish McManus, Tony Butler, Evan B Cunningham, Peter Vickerman, Natasha K Martin, John G McHutchison, Diana M Brainard, Carla Treloar, Georgina M Chambers, Luke Grant, Colette Mcgrath, Andrew R Lloyd, Gregory J Dore, Stuart Loveday, Gregory Dore, Andrew Lloyd, Georgina Chambers, Mahshid Tamaddoni, Stephanie Obeid, Gerard Estivill Mercade, Maria Martinez, Roy Donnelly, Colette McGrath, Julia Bowman, Lee Trevethan, Katerina Lagios, Terry Murrell, Nicky Bath, Victor Tawil, Annabelle Stevens, Libby Topp, Alison Churchill, Kate Pinnock, Natasha Martin, Steven Drew, Mary Harrod, Angela Smith, Ronella Williams, Brigid Cooper, Kelly Somes, Carina Burns, Anoop Kaur, Camilla Lobo, Karen Conroy, Luke McCredie, Carolyn Café, Jodie Anlezark, William Rawlinson, Malinna Yeang, Matthew Wynn, Christiana Willenborg

Publikováno v: et al. 2021, ' Evaluation of hepatitis C treatment-as-prevention within Australian prisons (SToP-C) : a prospective cohort study ', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 533-546 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00077-7

Summary Background Limited empirical evidence exists for the effectiveness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment-as-prevention. The Surveillance and Treatment of Prisoners with hepatitis C (SToP-C) study aimed to assess the effect of HCV treatment-as-

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https://hdl.handle.net/1983/ee5a5ce6-d89a-4c7f-b11f-19a508ee17ce

Lessons learned from keeping NSW's prisons COVID-free

Autor: Colette McGrath, Luke Grant, Wendy Hoey, Jennifer Galouzis, James Blogg

Publikováno v: International journal of prisoner healthReferencesFurther reading.

Purpose New South Wales (NSW) correctional system houses 30% of prisoners in Australia and at this time has only had a single documented case of COVID-19 amongst its prisoner population. The coordinated response by Justice Health and Forensic Mental

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33709638

Outcomes of a nurse-led model of care for hepatitis C assessment and treatment with direct-acting antivirals in the custodial setting

Autor: Jeffrey J. Post, Andrew R. Lloyd, Jacqueline Clegg, Frances Pekin, James Wood, Kristen Overton, Colette McGrath

Publikováno v: The International journal on drug policy. 72

Background People in prison have been identified as an important population to prioritise for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment to achieve HCV elimination goals. We evaluated the efficacy of the New South Wales Justice Health and Forensic Mental Heal

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30967329