Screening for hepatitis C among injecting drug users and in genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics: systematic reviews of effectiveness, modelling study and national survey of current practice | Zendy

Ken Stein | Zendy; Kim Dalziel | Zendy; Andrew Walker | Zendy; Lisa McIntyre | Zendy; Becky Jenkins | Zendy; James Horne | Zendy; Pamela Royle | Zendy; A Round | Zendy

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Screening for hepatitis C among injecting drug users and in genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics: systematic reviews of effectiveness, modelling study and national survey of current practice

Author(s) -

Ken Stein,

Kim Dalziel,

Andrew Walker,

Lisa McIntyre,

Becky Jenkins,

James Horne,

Pamela Royle,

A Round

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

health technology assessment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.426

H-Index - 126

eISSN - 2046-4924

pISSN - 1366-5278

DOI - 10.3310/hta6310

Subject(s) - medicine , genitourinary medicine , family medicine , alternative medicine , medline , drug , systematic review , traditional medicine , pharmacology , human papilloma virus , pathology , cervical cancer , cancer , political science , law

CRD summary The review assessed whether gaining knowledge of hepatitis C virus (HCV) status through screening leads to behavioural changes among infected or uninfected people that may reduce the spread of HCV. The authors concluded that there was no strong evidence of a relationship between gaining knowledge and drugor sex-related risky behaviours. The authors' conclusions are likely to be reliable.

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