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  • PROJECTS
    • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
    • ASSESS-DBS Study
    • STBBI Policy and Guideline Development for BC Corrections
    • Test, Link, Call Project
  • EDUCATION RESOURCES
    • For Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Clients in BC Corrections
    • COVID-19
  • GUIDELINES & TOOLS
    • Guidelines
    • Test, Link, Call Project Tools and Guidelines
      • Downloadable Resources for Test, Link, Call Project
      • Medicine Bundles – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tools for Engagement
    • Tools for Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • Tools for Release Planning
  • OUTPUTS & UPDATES
    • Blog
    • Graphic Summaries
    • Media Stories
    • Publications & Reports
    • Presentations
  • CONTACT

Publications & Reports

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Publications & Reports

2024

Association of HBV treatment with all-cause and liver-related mortality among individuals with HBV and cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study. (Makuza J.D., et al.)
August 2024 |Lancet Regional Health – Americas | Available online: here

Hepatitis C virus: cascade of care in infants and children. (Sauvé L., et al.)
August 2024 |UBC Continuing Professional Development | Available online: here

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in British Columbia, Canada: an interrupted time series study.  (Makuza J.D., et al.)
June 2024|Journal of Viral Hepatitis | Available online: here

Validation of case-ascertainment algorithms using health administrative data to identify people who inject drugs in Ontario, Canada. (Greenwald Z.R., et al.)
June 2024 |Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | Available online: here

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hepatitis C treatment initiation in British Columbia, Canada: an interrupted time series study. (Morrow R., et al.)
April 2024 |Viruses | Available online: here

“Shared experience makes this all possible”: documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison. (Palis H., et al.)
January 2024 | BMC Public Health | Available online: here

2023

Progress Towards Viral Hepatitis Elimination In Canada 2023 Report (Action Hepatitis Canada)
2023 | Action Hepatitis Canada  | Available online: here

Test Link Call Project Impact Evaluation Report 2021-2022. (Gale, N., Tiwana, A., & Bartlett, S.R).
2023 | BC Centre for Disease Control  | Available online: here

Uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among structurally-marginalized people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada (Jeong D., et al.)
December 2023 | Lancet Regional Health Americas | Available online: here

Uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among structurally-marginalized people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada (Reddon H, et al.)
October 2023 | Scientific Reports | Available online: here

Mortality rates among patients successfully treated for hepatitis C in the era of interferon-free antivirals: population based cohort study (Hamill V, et al.)
August 2023 | British Medical Journal | Available online: here

Public reimbursement policies in Canada for direct-acting antiviral treatment of hepatitis C virus infection: A descriptive study (Snell G, et al.)
July 2023 | Canadian Liver Journal  | Available online: here

Expanding access to hepatitis C prevention, testing, and treatment in prisons: Recommendations from the INHSU 2022 Prisons Workshop. (Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination and INHSU Prisons)
2023 | The Task Force for Global Health | Available online: here

2022

Prison Health Is Public Health: The Right to Hepatitis C Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care in Canada’s Correctional Settings (Action Hepatitis Canada)
2022 | Action Hepatitis Canada  | Available online: here

Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing and linkage to care during incarceration: There’s no time like the prison time! (Bartlett et al.)
2022 | University of British Columbia Medical Journal | Available online: here

Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection on Liver-Related Death among People Tested for Hepatitis B Virus in British Columbia: Results from a Large Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study. (Makuza J.D., et al.)
November 2022 | Viruses | Available online: here

Chronic hepatitis C infection is associated with higher incidence of extrahepatic cancers in a Canadian population based cohort.. (Darvishian M., et al.)
October 2022 | Frontiers in Oncology 2022 | Available online: here

The Impact of current opioid agonist therapy on hepatitis C virus treatment initiation among people who use drugs from the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) era: A population-based study (Bartlett et al.)
February 2022 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Available online: here

It is Time for Us All to Embrace Person-Centred Language for People in Prison and People Who were Formerly in Prison (Harney et al.)
January 2022 | International Journal of Drug Policy | Available online: here | Lay Summary: here

2021

“They look at you like you’re contaminated”: how HIV-related stigma shapes access to care for incarcerated women living with HIV in a Canadian setting (Erickson et al.)
September 2021 | Canadian Journal of Public Health | Abstract available online: here

Disparities in hepatitis C care across Canadian provincial prisons: Implications for hepatitis C micro-elimination (Kronfli et al.)
June 2021 | Canadian Liver Journal | Available online: here

Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence, Screening, and Treatment Among People Who Are Incarcerated in Canada: Leaving No One Behind in the Direct-Acting Antiviral Era (Bartlett et al.)
February 2021 | Clinical Liver Disease | Available online: here

“The Times They Are a-Changin’”: Addressing Common Misconceptions About the Role of Safe Supply in North America’s Overdose Crisis (Bonn et al.)
February 2021 | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs | Available online: here

2020

Drug-related deaths in a population-level cohort of people living with and without hepatitis C virus in British Columbia, Canada (Samji et al.)
December 2020 | International Journal of Drug Policy | Available online: here

Addressing the Syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19 Among People Who Use Drugs: The Potential Roles for Decriminalization and Safe Supply (Bonn et al.)
October | Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs | Available online: here

2019

The population level care cascade for hepatitis C in British Columbia, Canada as of 2018: Impact of direct acting antivirals (Bartlett et al.)
August 2019 | Liver International | Available online: here

2018

Demonstration of Near-Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus Among a Prison Population: The Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Hepatitis C Treatment Project (Bartlett et al.)
August 2018 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Available online: here

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NEWS & STORIES

The News & Stories page include blogs written by team members, news, project updates and past and upcoming events.

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  • Media / Press
  • Project Updates
  • Event Calendar

Blogs

  • Supporting Access to HIV and Hepatitis Care: How Cell Phones and Peer Support Are Changing Lives for People Who Experience Criminalization

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2024. By Amrit Tiwana, Nicola Gale, and Sofia Bartlett. People who experience criminalization, such as those who have been incarcerated,Read more

  • Prescribing cellphones and peer support to improve access to STBBI care

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    AUGUST 2024. By Nicola Gale, RPh (APA), MPH. More about Nicola Gale. Nicola Gale is a clinical pharmacist with an out-patient liverRead more

Media / Press

  • Test, Link, Call Project brings vital care within easier reach for underserved populations

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    By Pacific Public Health Foundation NOVEMBER 8, 2023, Pacific Public Health Foundation Test, Link, Call: a simple premise with a powerful purposeRead more

  • Province takes action to eliminate hepatitis C

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    By BC Ministry of Health JULY 30, 2023, BC Ministry of Health Communications People in B.C. will be better protected against theRead more

Project Updates

STBBI Policy and Guideline
Development for BC Corrections

The You Matter Pathways to STBBI Care project is funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada …

DETAILS

Test, Link,
Call Project

We recently received funding for the Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project which will be launched in Fall 2021 …

DETAILS

Upcoming Events

American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases (Digital Conference)

Date: Nov 12-15, 2021

Link to conference
https://www.aasld.org/the-liver-meeting/program/digital-experience

  • Benefits of DAA treatment on mortality related to extrahepatic manifestations among people who inject drugs: a population-based study in British Columbia, Canada
  • Hepatitis C virus reinfection after successful treatment with direct acting antiviral therapy in Canada
  • Hepatitis C screening



In partnership with the BCCDC, BCMHSUS, UBC and other
stakeholders, we created a group that has been working on
transformative projects to improve health outcomes for
people in prison related to STBBIs.

PROJECTS

  • PROJECTS
    • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
    • ASSESS-DBS Study
    • STBBI Policy and Guideline Development for BC Corrections
    • Test, Link, Call Project

EDUCATION RESOURCES

  • Education Resources
    • Healthcare Staff
    • Corrections Staff
    • Clients & Community
    • COVID-19

PUBLICATIONS & TEMPLATES

  • GUIDELINES & TOOLS
    • Guidelines
    • Test, Link, Call Project Tools and Guidelines
      • Downloadable Resources for Test, Link, Call Project
      • Medicine Bundles – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tools for Engagement
    • Tools for Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • Tools for Release Planning
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  • ABOUT
    • Our Team
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Collaborators
    • Abbreviations
  • PROJECTS
    • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
    • ASSESS-DBS Study
    • STBBI Policy and Guideline Development for BC Corrections
    • Test, Link, Call Project
  • EDUCATION RESOURCES
    • For Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Clients in BC Corrections
    • COVID-19
  • GUIDELINES & TOOLS
    • Guidelines
    • Test, Link, Call Project Tools and Guidelines
      • Downloadable Resources for Test, Link, Call Project
      • Medicine Bundles – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tools for Engagement
    • Tools for Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • Tools for Release Planning
  • OUTPUTS & UPDATES
    • Blog
    • Graphic Summaries
    • Media Stories
    • Publications & Reports
    • Presentations
  • CONTACT
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