Hepatitis C treatment access and uptake for people who inject drugs: a review mapping the role of social factors

M Harris, T Rhodes - Harm reduction journal, 2013 - Springer
Background Evidence documents successful hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment outcomes for
people who inject drugs (PWID) and interest in HCV treatment among this population …

Understanding barriers to hepatitis C virus care and stigmatization from a social perspective

C Treloar, J Rance, M Backmund - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013 - academic.oup.com
A large body of literature emphasizes the relationship between stigma and adverse health
outcomes and health access measures. For people living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

I don't even want to go to the doctor when I get sick now: healthcare experiences and discrimination reported by people who use drugs, Arizona 2019

BE Meyerson, DM Russell, M Kichler, T Atkin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background People who use drugs experience severe health inequities created by
structural and social barriers related to healthcare access. This includes stigma. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] Click, click, buy: The market for novel synthetic peptide hormones on mainstream e-commerce platforms in the UK

L Turnock, N Gibbs - Performance Enhancement & Health, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years there has been an increasing focus on the potential public health risks
attached to human enhancement drugs (HEDs). While much work has explored the use and …

Exploring stigma associated with mental health conditions and alcohol and other drug use among people from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds: a protocol for …

CH Douglass, MSC Lim, K Block, G Onsando… - Systematic …, 2022 - Springer
Background Stigma is a social process that impedes access to support for mental health
conditions and alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, particularly for people from migrant and …

Implicit and explicit internalized stigma: Relationship with risky behaviors, psychosocial functioning and healthcare access among people who inject drugs

C von Hippel, L Brener, R Horwitz - Addictive behaviors, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction People who inject drugs (PWID) are stigmatized by society. Over time people
may begin to internalize the stigma about their group. This research examines how implicit …

Internalized stigma among people who inject drugs

E Cama, L Brener, H Wilson… - Substance use & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Perceived experiences of stigma have been found to be associated with poorer
psychosocial outcomes and engagement in risk practices among people who inject drugs …

Stigma associated with alcohol and other drug use among people from migrant and ethnic minority groups: Results from a systematic review of qualitative studies

CH Douglass, TM Win, S Goutzamanis… - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2023 - Springer
Stigma reduces access to alcohol and other drug (AOD) support. This systematic review
explored perceptions and experiences of stigma associated with AOD use among migrant …

Stigmatising attitudes towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of …

TR Broady, L Brener, E Cama, M Hopwood, C Treloar - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Stigma has significant detrimental health outcomes for those affected. This study examined
socio-demographic characteristics that were associated with stigmatising attitudes among …

Multiple stigmas, shame and historical trauma compound the experience of Aboriginal Australians living with hepatitis C

C Treloar, LC Jackson, R Gray, J Newland… - Health Sociology …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis C (HCV) is a stigmatised disease due, in part, to an association with injecting drug
use. Aboriginal Australians, a stigmatised group, are over-represented in patterns of HCV …