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Understanding Barriers to Hepatitis C Virus Care and Stigmatization From a Social Perspective

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ID23317783
AuthorsCarla Treloar (0000-0002-8230-0386, UNSW Sydney), Jake Rance (0000-0001-7782-1235, UNSW Sydney), Markus Backmund (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Year2013
Volume57
Issuesuppl_2
PagesS51-S55
Publication date2013-08-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueClinical Infectious Diseases (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1058-4838 • E-ISSN: 1537-6591
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cid/cit263
PMID23884066
OpenAlexW2154193875
LanguageEN
Citations received62
References cited41

A large body of literature emphasizes the relationship between stigma and adverse health outcomes and health access measures. For people living with hepatitis C virus (HCV), stigma is a defining feature given the association of HCV with the socially demonized practice of injection drug use. However, there is little literature that specifically examines stigma as a barrier to HCV care and treatment. This review argues that the relationship between the person living with HCV and their health worker can work to ameliorate the effects of stigma. We draw on an emerging literature that examines the positive association between a patient's "trust" in their health worker and outcomes such as increased healthcare utilization and reduced risk behaviors. We investigate a growing body of health services research that acknowledges the importance of stigma and demonstrates ways to build positive, enabling relationships between patient, health worker, and health setting.

Family medicine · Health care · Hepatitis C · Hepatitis C virus · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Virus · Hepatitis C virus research · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Immunology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Gerontology

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