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Street HCV care expands access for unsheltered homeless adults

A street-based treatment program could be an effective and supportive way to provide hepatitis C virus care to adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness, results of a qualitative study showed. Findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed the majority of participants completed treatment and achieved sustained virologic response.

Street HCV care expands access for unsheltered homeless adults

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A street-based treatment program could be an effective and supportive way to provide hepatitis C virus care to adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness, results of a qualitative study showed.

Findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed the majority of participants completed treatment and achieved sustained virologic response.

Many also reported various psychosocial benefits as a result of engaging in treatment.

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A street-based treatment program could be an effective and supportive way to provide hepatitis C virus care to adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness, results of a qualitative study showed. Findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed the majority of participants completed treatment and achieved sustained virologic response. Many also reported various psychosocial benefits as a result of engaging in treatment.

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  • "These findings suggest that similar street-based approaches may be valuable in other regions with large unsheltered populations and high rates of HCV," Alizée Natsoulis, MD,

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