Day Carolyn, Dolan Kate
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales.
Health Promot J Austr. 2006 Apr;17(1):70-2. doi: 10.1071/he06070.
Hepatitis C infection is a significant public health problem with most cases occurring among injecting drug users (IDUs). Little is known about the uptake of testing. The study examined correlates of hepatitis C testing among heroin users.
Current heroin users, recruited through needle and syringe programs, methadone clinics and via snowballing, were interviewed about hepatitis C testing.
Four hundred heroin users were interviewed and most (91%) reported having been tested for hepatitis C. Females and those with a history of incarceration or drug treatment were more likely to have been tested, but those who had been using for two years or less were not.
Hepatitis C testing is common among heroin users. Groups most at risk of infection are being tested.
丙型肝炎感染是一个重大的公共卫生问题，大多数病例发生在注射吸毒者（IDU）中。关于检测的接受情况知之甚少。该研究调查了海洛因使用者中丙型肝炎检测的相关因素。
通过针头和注射器项目、美沙酮诊所并通过滚雪球方式招募的现用海洛因者接受了关于丙型肝炎检测的访谈。
对400名海洛因使用者进行了访谈，大多数（91%）报告曾接受过丙型肝炎检测。女性以及有监禁或戒毒治疗史的人更有可能接受过检测，但使用时间在两年或更短时间的人则不然。
丙型肝炎检测在海洛因使用者中很常见。感染风险最高的群体正在接受检测。
