
%0 Journal Article
%A Brener, Loren 
%A Treloar, Carla J 
%T Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C-positive and negative clients: implications for hepatitis C treatment
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2009/02/01
%V 33
%N 1
%P 100-106
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH090100
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH090100 
%X To assess whether HCV-positive clients perceive that alcohol and other drug (AOD) staff discriminate against them, this study compared the treatment experiences of 120 HCV-positive clients with those of 120 HCV-negative clients attending the same AOD treatment facility. Despite the overall findings of favourable attitudes of HCV-positive clients toward their health care workers, these attitudes were less positive than those of their HCV-negative counterparts. Clients with HCV also rated their interpersonal treatment by their health care workers less favourably. These findings suggest that HCV-positive clients? attitudes towards their health care workers and their experiences of differential treatment by these health care workers might be a barrier to HCV treatment uptake in AOD treatment facilities. 
