| Title |
A Descriptive Model of Patient Readiness, Motivators, and Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake among Australian Prisoners
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0087564 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lorraine Yap, Susan Carruthers, Sandra Thompson, Wendy Cheng, Jocelyn Jones, Paul Simpson, Alun Richards, Hla-Hla Thein, Paul Haber, Andrew Lloyd, Tony Butler |
| Abstract |
Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) has a significant global health burden with an estimated 2%-3% of the world's population infected, and more than 350,000 dying annually from HCV-related conditions including liver failure and liver cancer. Prisons potentially offer a relatively stable environment in which to commence treatment as they usually provide good access to health care providers, and are organised around routine and structure. Uptake of treatment of HCV, however, remains low in the community and in prisons. In this study, we explored factors affecting treatment uptake inside prisons and hypothesised that prisoners have unique issues influencing HCV treatment uptake as a consequence of their incarceration which are not experienced in other populations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Italy | 1 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 13% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 93 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 20% |
| Unknown | 27 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 21% |
| Psychology | 14 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Unknown | 30 | 32% |