title: Hepatitis C-related discrimination in New South Wales.
abstract: Hepatitis C-related discrimination was examined. Intake interviews with 606 HepCare trial participants from New South Wales were analysed to determine the prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C related discrimination. The sample was a mean age of 37 years, 54% were males, 79% reported a history of drug injecting and 35% were current injectors. Forty percent of the sample reported experiencing hepatitis C-related discrimination. Multivariate analysis revealed that current injectors, 35-44 year olds, females, those who had recently consulted a general practitioner and those who had been referred to a specialist for their hepatitis C were more likely to report discrimination than other groups. More research is required to attain a better understanding of hepatitis C-related discrimination.
authors.affiliation: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Rohan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayasuriya
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D006526:Hepatitis C; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous