Correlates of anti-hepatitis C positivity and use of harm reduction services among people who inject drugs in two cities in Croatia

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• 作者：Senad Handanagic^a ; ^{shandanagic@yahoo.com} ; ^{senad.handanagic@mef.hr} ; Sandra Sevic^b ; ^{ssevic1@ffzg.hr} ; Jelena Barbaric^a ; ^{j_barbaric@yahoo.com} ; Zoran Dominkovic^c ; ^{zoran@iskorak.hr} ; Oktavija Dakovic Rode^d ; ^orode@bfm.hr ; Josip Begovac^d ; ^{jbegovac@bfm.hr} ; Ivana Bozicevic^a ; ^{Ivana.Bozicevic@lshtm.ac.uk}
• 关键词：Hepatitis C ; Respondent-driven sampling ; Injecting drug use ; Risk behaviors ; Harm reduction ; Croatia
• 刊名：Drug and Alcohol Dependence
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：171
• 期：Complete
• 页码：132-139
• 全文大小：501 K
• 卷排序：171

文摘

A minority of people who inject drugs (PWID) were tested for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the past 12 months-7.0%–21.5% per city. Of those knowing to be infected with HCV, less than 25% received treatment. More than a half of PWID in both cities reported misuse of opioid agonist treatment (OAT). Incarceration was an independent correlate of anti-HCV positivity in Split. Improvements in OAT and needle and syringe exchange programs (NSEP) provision and access to NSEP in prisons are needed.