Getting to the Point: A Community-Designed, Low-Barrier Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Program for People Who Inject Drugs in Rural America
An incentivized, community-based, point-of-care testing program with facilitated linkage to care successfully engaged a high-risk population in HCV and HIV testing and treatment. However, substantial attrition occurred at each step of the care cascade, particularly at SVR12 determination. Additional strategies are needed to optimize retention throughout the entire care cascade.
Authors
- David de Gijsel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7987-7168)
- Alyson Huntley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-7891)
- Ryan A. Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7031-2480)
- Shoshana H. Bardach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-5863)
- Elizabeth Eccles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1342-4126)
- Amanda N. Perry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-4146)
Institutions
- Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (US)
- Human Resource Development Center (BG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Viruses
- Published
- 2025-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v17121589
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00