Facilitate collaboration and information exchange across Australian jurisdictions to develop the necessary health infrastructure for HCV testing and treatment in custodial settings nationally.

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Guidelines for evidence-based hepatitis C care for people in prison

The National Consensus Statement on the Management of Hepatitis C in Australia’s Prisons : The Statement outlines 24 best practice recommendations and nominates key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting targets relating to hepatitis C management in Australian prisons.

May 2022

Prevalence of blood-borne virus infections and uptake of hepatitis C testing and treatment in Australian prisons: the AusHep study.

The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific

Bah R, Sheehan Y, Li X, Dore G J, Grebely J, Lloyd A R, Hajarizadeh B and the AusHep study group.

2024

Challenges and facilitators in repeated bio-behavioural surveys for blood-borne virus infections in Australian prisons.

International Journal of Drug Policy

Bah R, Sheehan Y, Li X, Price N, Butler T, Dore G J, Grebely J, Lloyd A R, Hajarizadeh B and AusHep study group.

2024

Development of an evidence-based hepatitis C education program to enhance public health literacy in the Australian prison sector: The Hepatitis in Prisons Education program (HepPEd).

International Journal of Drug Policy

Sheehan Y, Lafferty L, Tedla N, Byrne M, Dawson O, Stewart S, Leber B, Habraken N and Lloyd A R.

2024

People in community corrections are a population with unmet need for viral hepatitis care.

Eclinicalmedicine

Winter R J, Griffin S, Sheehan Y, Nguyen W, Stoové M, Lloyd A R and Thompson A J.

2024

Consensus recommendations on the management of hepatitis C in Australia's prisons.

Medical Journal of Australia

Winter R J, Sheehan Y, Papaluca T, Macdonald G A, Rowland J, Colman A, Stoove M, Lloyd A R and Thompson A J.

2023

Scale‐up of hepatitis C treatment in prisons is key to national elimination

Medical Journal of Australia

Papaluca T, Hellard M E, Thompson A J, & Lloyd A R.

2019

National Prisons Hepatitis Education Project (HepPEd): Report of Findings from a National Needs Assessment and Steering Committee Process

National Prisons Hepatitis Network

Yumi Sheehan, Marianne Byrne, Bianca Leber, Nikitah Habraken, Sami Stewart, Olivia Dawson, Nicodemus Tedla, Lise Lafferty, and Andrew Lloyd on behalf of the National Prisons Hepatitis Network.

2021

Sheehan Y, Byrne M, Leber B, Habraken N, Stewart S, Dawson O, Tedla N, Lafferty L, Lloyd AR