title: Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C-positive and negative clients: implications for hepatitis C treatment.
abstract: To assess whether HCV-positive clients perceive that alcohol and other drug (AOD) staff discriminate against them, this study compared the treatment experiences of 120 HCV-positive clients with those of 120 HCV-negative clients attending the same AOD treatment facility. Despite the overall findings of favourable attitudes of HCV-positive clients toward their health care workers, these attitudes were less positive than those of their HCV-negative counterparts. Clients with HCV also rated their interpersonal treatment by their health care workers less favourably. These findings suggest that HCV-positive clients' attitudes towards their health care workers and their experiences of differential treatment by these health care workers might be a barrier to HCV treatment uptake in AOD treatment facilities.
authors.affiliation: National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. l.brener@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Loren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brener
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Treloar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires