Survey of US Correctional Institutions for Routine HCV Testing

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ID11029312
AuthorsCurt G Beckwith (0000-0002-8430-8111, Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.), Ann Kurth (0000-0003-2300-6723, Miriam Hospital), Ann E Kurth (Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.), Lauri Bazerman (0000-0002-1510-3825, Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.), Liza Solomon (Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.), Emily Patry (Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.), Josiah D Rich (0000-0002-4517-7841, Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.), Irene Kuo (0000-0002-3437-0216, Curt G. Beckwith and Josiah D. Rich are with the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Ann E. Kurth is with the College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Lauri Bazerman and Emily Patry are with The Miriam Hospital. Liza Solomon is with Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD. Irene Kuo is with the School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC.)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue1
Pages68-71
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302071
PMID25393180
PMCIDPMC4265939
OpenAlexW2059180657
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited20

To ascertain HCV testing practices among US prisons and jails, we conducted a survey study in 2012, consisting of medical directors of all US state prisons and 40 of the largest US jails, that demonstrated a minority of US prisons and jails conduct routine HCV testing. Routine voluntary HCV testing in correctional facilities is urgently needed to increase diagnosis, enable risk-reduction counseling and preventive health care, and facilitate evaluation for antiviral treatment

Environmental health · Family medicine · Hepatitis B Virus Studies · Hepatitis C virus research · Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment · Medicine

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