
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brener, Loren 
A1  - Treloar, Carla J 
T1  - Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C-positive and negative clients: implications for hepatitis C treatment
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2009
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
SP  - 100
EP  - 106
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH090100 
N2  - 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. 
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