Recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C in special population groups (migrants, intravenous drug users and prison inmates)
| Autor: | Aldo Morrone, Piero Luigi Almasio, Sergio Babudieri, Claudio Leonardi, Pietro Dentico, Evangelista Sagnelli, Giovanni Battista Gaeta, Dario Conte, Giulio Starnini, Gaetano Scotto, Maria Rapicetta, Francesco Mazzotta, Giorgio Barbarini, Massimo Levrero, Lorenzo Nosotti, Daniele Prati, Maurizia Rossana Brunetto |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Almasio, PL, Babudieri, S, Barbarini, G, Brunetto, M, Conte, D, Dentico, P, Gaeta, GB, Leonardi, C, Levrero, M, Mazzotta, F, Morrone, A, Nosotti, L, Prati, D, Rapicetta, M, Sagnelli, E, Scotto, G, Starnini, G, 7: Almasio, Pl, Gaeta, Giovanni Battista, Starnini, G. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject HCV HBV vaccimantion inmates Population Psychological intervention Prison Context (language use) migrants medicine.disease_cause Vulnerable Populations Drug Users Hepatitis B Chronic Health care hcv Medicine Humans education Psychiatry Substance Abuse Intravenous media_common Hepatitis B virus Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study Hepatology business.industry Public health Prisoners Vaccination Gastroenterology virus diseases Hepatitis C Chronic intravenous drug users Socioeconomic Factors Practice Guidelines as Topic hbv Position paper prison inmates business |
| Popis: | The global spread of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), their high chronicity rates and their progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, are major public health problems. Research and intervention programmes for special population groups are needed in order to assess their infection risk and set up suitable prevention and control strategies. Aim of this paper is to give health care professionals information on HBV and HCV infections amongst migrants, drug users and prison inmates. The manuscript is an official Position Paper on behalf of the following Scientific Societies: Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (A.I.S.F.), Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (S.I.M.I.T.), Italian Federation Department's Operators and Addiction Services (FederSerD), Italian Prison Medicine and Healthcare Society (S.I.M.S.Pe.). The considered population groups, having a high prevalence HBV and HCV infections, require specific interventions. In this context, the expression “special population” refers to specific vulnerable groups at risk of social exclusion, such as migrants, prison inmates, and intravenous drug users. When dealing with special population groups, social, environmental and clinical factors should be considered when selecting candidates for therapy as indicated by national and international guidelines. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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