Hepatitis C: Screening, Diagnosis, and Linkage to Care

Description: This one day training will help increase non-clinical health and human services provider’s knowledge of Hepatitis C screening and diagnosis and the importance of effective linkage to care for persons infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

By the completion of this training, providers will be able to:

• Describe the burden of HCV disease.
• Identify HCV risk groups.
• Describe the NYS law with regard to offering an HCV screening test.
• Distinguish between HCV screening and diagnostic tests and the meaning of their results.
• Demonstrate the delivery of accurate HCV counseling messages based on test result.
• State and explain the importance of linking people infected with HCV to care.
• List two barriers and two solutions to effectively linking HCV infected persons to care.
• State at least two core components of an effective active HCV linkage to care model.

Prerequisite:  It is strongly recommended that participants have basic knowledge of HCV or have previously attended, ‘Integrating Viral Hepatitis into Your Work,’ or, ‘HIV and HCV Co-infection,’ trainings.

Audience: All non-clinical health and human services provider