Advancing equity in hepatitis C care with people who inject drugs: Recent qualitative research findings

People who inject drugs are inequitably impacted by hepatitis C and also face significant barriers to healthcare access, including for hepatitis C treatment. In this talk, UBC PhD student Trevor Goodyear will discuss recent qualitative research findings about people who inject drugs’ experiences with the implementation of novel hepatitis C treatments in British Columbia. This presentation will cover several aspects of hepatitis C care with this group, including socio-structural barriers to treatment access, clinician approaches to care, and expectations versus lived experiences of health following hepatitis C cure. Trevor will also outline policy, programmatic, and clinical strategies for improving hepatitis C care and more generally advancing health equity with people who inject drugs. Presenter: Trevor Goodyear (he/him) is a registered nurse and PhD student in the School of Nursing at UBC. He recently completed master’s degrees in public health and nursing, where his thesis explored opportunities for improving hepatitis C treatment and care with people who inject drugs and who live in BC. This thesis was nested within Dr. Rod Knight’s program of research at the BC Centre on Substance Use, with whom Trevor remains an affiliated trainee.

BC CDC Presenters

10/5/2021 7:00:00 PM