Jones TS, Margolis HS, Alter MJ; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 2000 Jul 9-14; 13: abstract no. ThPeD5768.

T.S. Jones, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mailstop E35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, United States, Tel.: +1 404 639 52 00, Fax: +1 404 639 52 60, E-mail: tsjl@cdc.gov

Issue: Although persons at risk for HIV because of injection drug use and/or sexual behaviors are also at risk for viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C), viral hepatitis prevention and referral have not been incorporated into most HIV/STD programs. Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to facilitate incorporation of viral hepatitis prevention and referral services into HIV/STD prevention programs through the following activities: 1) "Client-centered" risk reduction messages are being developed to address viral hepatitis as well as HIV and STD issues in counseling sessions. 2) Demonstration projects are finding new clinic management approaches to add viral hepatitis counseling, testing, referral, and vaccination services to existing HIV/STD programs (e.g., HIV counseling and testing sites, STD clinics, jails and prisons, substance abuse treatment programs). 3) Easy-to-understand, culturally sensitive information pieces on viral hepatitis are being developed. The barriers to incorporation of viral hepatitis services include: 1) Difficulties obtaining resources to support hepatitis B and C serologic testing, hepatitis A and B vaccines, and medical care for persons with chronic active hepatitis B and/or C. 2) Challenges in providing services to injection drug users. Conclusions: While there is wide-spread interest in incorporating the prevention and management of hepatitis C and other types of viral hepatitis into existing STD/HIV prevention programs, multiple barriers will have to be overcome to achieve wide-spread implementation of "one stop shopping" integrating viral hepatitis and HIV/STD prevention. Even so, such integration is an important public health goal.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Ambulatory Care Facilities
• Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
• Counseling
• HIV Infections
• HIV Seropositivity
• Health Services
• Health Services Accessibility
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Humans
• Sexual Behavior
• Substance-Related Disorders
• methods
• therapy

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0004893

UI: 102242390

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