Publications and Products

This 2-page handout is a guide to the symptoms, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis A, B, and C.

A 30-page handbook that explains basic facts about the liver and the liver disease cirrhosis, answers questions about common complications of cirrhosis, gives important information about the most serious emergencies in cirrhosis, and offers tips for keeping the liver healthy.

Wallet card for patients to record their alcohol use over a 4-week period as a way to monitor and reduce their drinking behavior.

A 36-page primer on hepatitis C, including information on the liver's functions, laboratory tests, and treatment.

This tri-fold patient educational brochure highlights the dangers of heavy alcohol use on liver disease, illustrating the risks for developing cirrhosis or failing antiviral therapy.

An overview of hepatitis C treatment, including information on the most recently approved drugs.

A 33-page booklet that helps patients understand what it means when there's a "mass," "lump," "lesion," or "tumor" on their liver.

A 33-page guide for patients that describes ways to manage the more common side effects of interferon treatment. It covers fatigue, aches and pains, sleep, depression, irritability, nausea, loss of appetite, dry skin, and thinning hair.

A guide for patients who are considering taking one of the new hepatitis C drugs recently approved by the FDA: boceprevir and telaprevir. Includes information on how the drugs work, how they should be taken, what the common side effects are, and questions to discuss with providers.

Patient transplant guide designed to be a reference and to help answer some of the questions about the evaluation, transplantation, and post-transplant period.

The series of 28 brochures is designed to educate veterans infected with hepatitis A, B, or C and their families, and to provide prevention information to those at risk.

A one-page printable sheet of tips for coping with common side effects of hepatitis C treatment.

One-page printable handouts for providers to give to patients taking one of the new hepatitis C drugs--boceprevir or telaprevir--with tips on how and when to take the medications, and what to do if you miss a dose.

Workbooks designed for patients to keep on hand throughout their treatment course with boceprevir or telaprevir. Colorful medication schedules illustrate how many of each pill are taken at a given time, when pills must be accompanied by food, with advice on how to plan the times to take each dose.

12 two-sided cards that provide useful tips on ways for hepatitis C patients to take care of their health. About the size of credit cards, they fit nicely into patients' wallets for easy reference. In color or black and white.

This 15-minute video was created for general education on hepatitis A, B, and C in substance use disorder programs.Transcript included.

These four 26-minute videos discuss the liver; hepatitis A, B, and C; treatment; and healthy living. Transcripts included.

This 84-page guidebook on hepatitis and the liver is designed for use with patients who have special learning needs, such as severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) or other cognitive impairments. Guides and CD/DVD are available in every VA library.

This toolkit, a how-to guide for conducting a patient education class on hepatitis C, includes a course guide, slideshow and audio, and slide set. The course guide is available in every VA library.

These toolkit resources offer a patient-centered approach to reduce alcohol use among patients with hepatitis C.

A 3-item version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption.

The Audit-C is given to thousands of VA patients. These cards show how your drinking compares to other Veterans.

Patient flyers (8-1/2" x 11") explaining the need for confirmatory tests. Copy reads:
It takes 2 different tests to know for sure.
1. SCREENING TEST: Indicates whether you were ever exposed to the Hepatitis C virus
2. CONFIRMATORY TEST: Indicates whether you currently have Hepatitis C

This 8-1/2" x 11" poster encourages veterans to be tested for hepatitis C. It lists the risk factors for hepatitis C and suggests that veterans speak to their doctor or nurse about making an appointment.

The purpose of this card is to help providers discuss alcohol use with Veterans with hepatitis C. The double-sided card contains tips and reminders: the OARS side discusses motivational interviewing; the FLO side discusses brief interventions. This card, with its brief scripts, may be used in conjunction with the HCRC Teaching Guide. (Use this card instead of the Motivational Counseling card that was previously available.)

This pocket card and poster are intended to educate health care providers on how to vaccinate against hepatitis A and/or B. Includes chart of who should receive these vaccines.

A web-based course, tailored to mid-level providers, designed to provide a practical approach to the evaluation of abnormal liver chemistries in the context of a broad understanding of the pathophysiology of liver injury.

A 48-page primer for conceptualizing the structure and purpose of a support group. Provides rationale, development process, sample documents, and resources.

Guidance for monitoring patients on peginterferon + ribavirin plus a protease inhibitor (boceprevir or telaprevir).

Algorithm for hepatitis C virus antibody screening.

Review of management, treatment, patient selection and monitoring of hepatitis C.

Review of management, treatment, patient selection and monitoring of hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients.

Literature review and summary of recommended interventions.

This guide offers current recommendations on surveillance, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

A 61-page report that describes the distribution of Veterans with chronic HCV within VHA and provides basic demographic data on this population.

Summary report from the February 28, 2008 forum on "HCV Diagnosis, Treatment and Care."