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  • (2012) Lee, Evelyn; Holt, Martin; Mao, Limin; Wanganeen, Kym; Dinnison, Shane; Williams, Samantha; Prestage, Garrett; Zablotska, Iryna; de Wit, John
    Report
    The Adelaide Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited through a range of gay community sites in Adelaide. The project was funded by the South Australian Department of Health and implemented in collaboration with the AIDS Council of South Australia. The major aim of the survey is to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men.

  • (2012) Hull, Peter; Mao, Limin; Rossteuscher, Keiran; Prestage, Garrett; Zablotska, Iryna; de Wit, John; Holt, Martin
    Report
    The Canberra Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited from gay venues and community events. The aim of the survey is to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men.

  • (2011) Lee, Evelyn; Holt, Martin; Mao, Limin; Prestage, Garrett; Zablotska, Iryna; Spratling, Tim; Norton, Graham; Watts, Peter; de Wit, John
    Report
    The Queensland Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites around Queensland. The project was funded by Queensland Health. The major aim of the survey was to provide data on sexual, drug use, and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men.

  • (2012) Lee, Evelyn; Mao, Limin; McKenzie, Tex; Batrouney, Colin; West, Michael; Prestage, Garrett; Zablotska, Iryna; de Wit, John; Holt, Martin
    Report
    The Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites in Melbourne. The project has was funded by the Victorian Department of Health and supported by the Victorian AIDS Council and PLWHA Victoria. The major aim of the survey was to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men.

  • (2010) Lee, Evelyn; Holt, Martin; Zablotska, Iryna; Prestage, Garrett; McKenzie, Tex; Batrouney, Colin; Kennedy, Mike; Dixon, Matt; de Wit, John
    Report
    The Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites in Melbourne. The project was funded by the Victorian Department of Health and supported by the Victorian AIDS Council and PLWHA Victoria. The major aim of the survey was to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among men involved in Melbourne’s gay community.

  • (2012) Hull, Peter; Mao, Limin; Kao, Shih-Chi; Edwards, Barry; Prestage, Garrett; Zablotska, Iryna; de Wit, John; Holt, Martin
    Report
    The Sydney Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites in Sydney. The project has been funded by the NSW Ministry of Health and supported by ACON and Positive Life NSW. The major aim of the survey was to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men in Sydney.

  • (2010) Holt, Martin; Zablotska, Iryna; Lee, Evelyn; Ryan, Dermot; Down, Ian; Heard, Todd; Nairn, Karen; Prestage, Garrett; de Wit, John
    Report
    The Town and Country Gay Community Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited from Sydney and regional New South Wales. 1371 men were recruited for the Sydney Gay Community Periodic Survey in August 2009 and 469 men were recruited between August and November 2009 from regional New South Wales. This report compares these two groups of men (from the city and regional areas) on a range of indicators.

  • (2010) Deacon, Rachel; Newland, Jamee; Harris, Magdalena; Treloar, Carla; Maher, Lisa
    Report
    In NSW, hepatitis C has been the subject of specific surveillance and prevention programs for many years. Despite this experience and significant investment, there remain challenges both in understanding the epidemiology of this virus and in implementing effective prevention programs. This study aimed to enhance the public health surveillance program and contribute to the evidence base for hepatitis C prevention in NSW. The aim of Phase One was to develop and trial a methodology for an ongoing program of enhanced surveillance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in NSW. Phase Two aimed to increase understanding of the practices, settings, networks and structures contributing to HCV infection.

  • (2013) Treloar, Carla; Rance, Jake; Grebely, Jason; Dore, Gregory
    Journal Article
    Internationally, there are ongoing efforts to increase access to hepatitis C (HCV) assessment and treatment to counter a generally low uptake of treatment among people with a history of injecting drug use. The aim of this qualitative study was to examine client and staff attitudes towards and experience of co-location of HCV and opioid substitution treatment (OST) services. METHODS: In-depth interviews were conducted with 57 clients and 19 staff from four NSW clinics participating in the Australian ETHOS study. RESULTS: Client and staff participants typically welcomed integrated treatment, citing issues of convenience, reduced travel time and costs, persistent cues to engagement and immediacy of access to care. Positive attitudes towards the initiative were expressed even by clients who had not engaged with HCV care. Providing co-located care largely avoided the negative, stigmatising or discriminatory experiences that participants reported encountering in settings less familiar with people who use drugs. A minority of client participants expressed concerns about the lack of privacy and/or confidentiality available in the co-located model, preferring to seek HCV care elsewhere. CONCLUSIONS: The co-location of HCV care in OST clinics was welcomed by the large majority of participants in this study. Besides issues of convenience, the appeal of the co-located service centred on the familiarity of existing relationships between clients and staff in the OST setting. While some clients remained distrustful of OST and chose not to take up HCV care in this setting, the co-located treatment model was overwhelmingly successful amongst both client and staff participants.

  • (2011) Deacon, Rachel; Wand , Handan; Stelzer-Braid , Sacha; Treloar, Carla; Maher, Lisa
    Journal Article
    Understanding patterns of newly acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is fundamental to assessing the impact of prevention and treatment interventions. However, identifying newly acquired cases is difficult, usually requiring documented testing before and after exposure. As the proportion of cases identified as newly acquired by current New South Wales surveillance methodologies is significantly lower than that identified nationally, the impact on the identification of newly acquired cases of systematic reporting of past negative HCV test results from notifying laboratories was assessed. HCV notifications data for 2007 from two New South Wales laboratories were analysed. Cases with a negative HCV antibody test within the past 24 months were classified as newly acquired. These were linked to the NSW Department of Health (NSW Health)-identified cases to assess the effectiveness of accessing laboratory data. The laboratories accounted for approximately half of all new HCV notifications in 2007. Of the 2,206 newly diagnosed cases, 21 (1.0%) were newly acquired, 18 of which had not been identified under the current surveillance system, increasing the total number of newly acquired cases to 83 from 65. This increased the yield by 28% and increased the proportion of newly acquired cases from 65/4,192 (1.6%) to 83/4,196 (2.0%). Laboratory-identified cases were significantly more likely than NSW Health-identified cases to be aged 30 years or over. Combined with current reporting mechanisms, laboratory data on previous HCV test results have the potential to increase the number of newly acquired cases identified through the New South Wales surveillance system and to enhance the identification of cases among those aged 30 years or more.