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By Sofia Bartlett, Julia Santana Parrilla and Amrit Tiwana People who experience criminalization have the highest rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV)Read more
Test, Link, Call Project
You Matter
Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project
What is it?
The Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project provides smart phones with 6 months of calling/texting credit to people living with hepatitis C infection who have experienced or are at risk of being criminalized. This includes people who use drugs, people experiencing unstable housing, or people who have been incarcerated.
Participants receive a care plan along with their cell phone, as well as optional connection to Peer and social supports. Phones provided are be preloaded with the LifeGuard app and other health and social service focused mobile applications, to further assist in meeting unmet health needs.
Want to be involved in the TLC Project?
Any care providers in the community throughout British Columbia who have a client who they believe is eligible and would benefit from receiving a phone and support through Test Link Call Project can make a referral!
Just have your client read and sign the TLC Consent Form then return this to the TLC Team at the BC Centre for Disease Control, via email or secure file transfer to STBBI_pathways@bccdc.ca.
Want to get more info about TLC Project?
Visit the TLC Resources Page to find more info on this project or download any of the tools we have developed.
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NEWS & STORIES
The News & Stories page include blogs written by team members, news, project updates and past and upcoming events.
Blogs
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By Sofia Bartlett PhD | Comments are ClosedBy Sofia Bartlett, PhD, Senior Scientist for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STIBBI) with Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre forRead more
Media / Press
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By Sofia Bartlett PhD | Comments are ClosedHepatitis C testing has increased in recent years among people who are incarcerated in provincial correctional centers in British Columbia, Canada, accordingRead more
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By Sofia Bartlett PhD | Comments are ClosedExcerpt and Highlights: “The words we write or speak have immense power and are part of societal discourse which both influences andRead 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 …
Test, Link,
Call Project
We recently received funding for the Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project which will be launched in Fall 2021 …
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
