Presentations
The difference between Phase 1 and Phase 2 of Project Connect
What is linking individuals to care?
True or False: Most Hepatitis C infected patients are symptomatic
What is False?
True or False: There is currently no cure for Hepatitis C.
What is false?
True or False: Individuals 18-29 years old were less likely to complete hepatitis C treatment
What is true?
Regardless of Hepatitis C treatment status, this barrier type was the most reported that delayed or prevented treatment initiation for Los Angeles residents.
What is a personal barrier?
The most common way Hepatitis C is spread
What is blood-to-blood contact?
The type of medication used to treat Hepatitis C
What are Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAA)?
What is 2020?
These guides have lived experience with Hepatitis C and help others start and complete treatment.
What are peer navigators?
This activity poses the highest risk of Hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs
What is sharing injection drug use equipment (needles or syringes)?
The duration of a typical course of direct-acting antiviral treatment (in weeks)
What is 8-12 weeks?
A high risk population for Hepatitis C
What are racial and ethnic minorities?
What are persons expereincing housing instability?
What are persons with incarceration histories?
What are injection drug users?
The pharmaceutical company that manufacturers the Hepatitis C treatment medication, Epclusa, utilized in the Walgreens program
What is Gilead?
One reason Hepatitis C is rarely transmitted through sexual contact
What is low risk of blood exposure (or blood-to-blood contact)?
If left untreated, Hepatitis C can lead to this serious condition affecting the liver.
What is liver disease?
What is liver cirrhosis?
What is liver cancer?
A target set by the World Health Organization that aims to decrease new infections by 90% and related deaths by 65% in the next five years
What is the 2030 Hepatitis C Elimination Goal?
This term refers to the unequal distribution of healthcare resources across different geographic regions, which often results in barriers to care for residents in undeserved areas.
What are geographic access disparities?
Before this particular decade, donated blood was not screened for Hepatitis C in the U.S.
What is the 90s?
The percentage of individuals with initial hepatitis C infection who have cleared or cured it, nationally
What is 34%?
The Service Planning Area with the highest crude rates of hepatitis C
What is Metro Los Angeles?