Pregnancy Status, Risk Factors, and Opportunities for Referral to Care Among Reproductive-Aged Women With Newly Reported Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Tennessee.
Cassandra Oliver SchemberJennifer BlackShannon De PontLindsey SizemoreCarolyn WesterPublished in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2019)
A high proportion of reproductive-aged women with newly diagnosed HCV infection were pregnant. Surveillance-informed outreach to this population was feasible and provided opportunities for counseling and linkage to confirmatory testing and treatment. Future studies should evaluate whether a similar model would enhance testing and linkage to care of HCV-exposed infants.
Keyphrases
- hepatitis c virus
- newly diagnosed
- hepatitis c virus infection
- risk factors
- healthcare
- palliative care
- hiv testing
- quality improvement
- genome wide
- public health
- human immunodeficiency virus
- men who have sex with men
- pregnant women
- pain management
- affordable care act
- preterm birth
- smoking cessation
- current status
- combination therapy
- chronic pain
- high density
- hiv infected
- drug induced