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Continuum of care in hepatitis C screening and treatment: a survey among clients of low-threshold programs for people who use drugs
Věžníková, Martina ; Mravčík, Viktor (advisor) ; Janíková, Barbara (referee)
Background: Half of the people with hepatitis C virus infection in the Czech Republic are injecting drug users. Low-threshold harm reduction-based treatment programs are an important pillar in the prevention and elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV);and for the continuity of care, it is essential to actively search for people with the infection (high rate of testing) and to follow up with further diagnosis and treatment.Identifying and responding to client barriers is necessary to maintain the continuum of care. Objectives: Theaim of the bachelor thesis was to describe the continuum of care in case of hepatitis C virus in clients of an outpatient and outreach programme for substance abusers in a low-threshold centre in Jihlava, from anti-HCV antibody screening to treatment entry and completion, and to describe the factors that influence the continuum of care. Methods: In June and July 2022, aquantitative analysis of existing data was conductedamong clients of a low-threshold facility for drug users in Jihlava. For the monitored period from 2017 to 2021, 243 clients of the outpatient program and 171 clients of the outreach program were included in the research. The obtained data were analysed in Microsoft Excel using descriptive statistics. Results: The research shows that 81 (33 %) clients of the...
The unwillingness of addictive drug users to use Contact Center services in a small Town
GRUBEROVÁ, Eva
Contact centers in small towns register the difference in the number of addictive substances users who use the Contact center services, and in the size of the drug scene which occurs in the given locality. People do not want to be seen going to the Contact center. This diploma thesis wants to find out the main reasons which discourage addictive substances users from using the Contact center services in a small town. In the theoretical part of this work, basic terms concerning the addiction area are defined as an insight into the given issue. It also deals with the basic methods of work with addictive substances users and in more detail it deals with the individual low-threshold programs which function in the Czech Republic and use these methods.

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