title: Health worker attitudes toward peer workers in hepatitis C prevention.
abstract: Attitudes toward people who inject drugs (PWID) and attitudes toward peer workers among a cross-section of 101 Australian hepatitis C health workers were assessed. A survey consisting of Likert-type questions and one open-ended question regarding training was used. Bivariate and regression analyses demonstrated that health workers' attitudes toward peer workers were associated with their attitudes toward PWID, independent of type of organization or time in the hepatitis C sector. Qualitative analysis revealed four training areas suggested by health workers for peer workers. Implications of these findings for staff and peer training are discussed and future research directions suggested.
authors.affiliation: National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. ilyse3@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ilyse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: Loren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brener
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Treloar
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hull
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged