Individual and network factors associated with HCV treatment uptake among people who inject drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment uptake among people who inject drugs (PWID), a population with disproportionately high rates of HCV, remains low. Peers have been shown to positively impact a broad range of health outcomes for PWID. There is, however, limited data on the impact of PWID social network members on HCV treatment.

Methods

HCV-infected PWID enrolled in an ongoing community-based cohort were recruited as "indexes" to complete an egocentric social network survey. The survey elicited from the index PWID a list of their network members and the index's perception of network member characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to compare individual and network factors associated with HCV treatment in the index PWID.

Results

Among 540 HC

SUBMITTER: Falade-Nwulia O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7367433 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature