Impact of Social Drivers of Health, Self-Efficacy, and Substance Use on COVID-19 Preventative Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs with Hepatitis C: The HERO Study
Greater SDoH difficulties and lower self-efficacy were associated with greater inability to practice COVID-19 personal protective behaviors. Interventions to meet SDoH-related challenges and increase self-efficacy could help encourage practice of personal protective behaviors and economically reduce disease burden during health crises.
Authors
- Phillip Moschella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7299-4997)
- A. Litwin
- Snehal Lopes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-1058)
- Alison Karasz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3038-2751)
- Lynn E. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-8125)
- Norton BL
- Jessica Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1346-6059)
- Tsui JI
- Judith Feinberg
- Kimberly Page
- Cristina Murray-Krezan
- Julia Arnsten
- the HERO Study Group
- Shruti H. Mehta
- Moonseong Heo
- Arthur Y. Kim
- Irene Pericot-Valverde
- Paula J. Lum
Institutions
- West Virginia University (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Clemson University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23010093
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 31.52
Funders
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Gilead Sciences
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- Brown University
- Clemson University
- University of Washington
- Johns Hopkins University
- West Virginia University
- Quest Diagnostics
- University of California, San Francisco