2023
Challenges to Achieving HCV Micro-Elimination in People With HIV in the United States: Provider Perspectives and the Role of Implicit Bias
DiDomizio E, Chandra D, Nichols L, Villanueva M, Altice F. Challenges to Achieving HCV Micro-Elimination in People With HIV in the United States: Provider Perspectives and the Role of Implicit Bias. Health Promotion Practice 2023, 24: 998-1008. PMID: 37440258, DOI: 10.1177/15248399231169928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNominal group techniqueHealth care decisionsProvider perspectivesEligibility criteriaHIV/HCVEffective antiviral medicationsPatient eligibility criteriaFacilitators of treatmentMicro-EliminationHCV treatmentAntiviral medicationsOpioid epidemicProvider knowledgePatient involvementPatient engagementDifferent clinicsRelated stigmaHCVCare decisionsHIVPatientsTreatmentGroup sessionsMost barriersFocus group sessions
2019
Implementing a Comprehensive Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Clinic Within a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinic: A Model of Care for HCV Microelimination
Rizk C, Miceli J, Shiferaw B, Malinis M, Barakat L, Ogbuagu O, Villanueva M. Implementing a Comprehensive Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Clinic Within a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinic: A Model of Care for HCV Microelimination. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: ofz361. PMID: 31412130, PMCID: PMC6785669, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDirect antiviral agentsHIV clinicHCV clinicEffective direct antiviral agentsHospital-based HIV clinicHCV treatment cascadeChronic HCV infectionCohort of patientsInitiation of treatmentActive drug useModel of careMental health issuesElectronic medical record templatesHCV careMicro-EliminationStandardized referralTreat populationHCV eliminationHCV infectionRetrospective reviewTreatment cascadeTreatment initiationFemale patientsTreatment algorithmMedical record templates