@article {RN148,
	title = {Knowledge about Hepatitis-C among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Israel},
	journal = {Substance Use \& Misuse},
	volume = {45},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2010},
	note = {doi: 10.3109/10826080902864894},
	pages = {58-76},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {Ignorance about Hepatitis-C (HCV) among drug users, treatment staff, and policy makers thwarts treatment uptake and facilitates virus transmission. We assessed knowledge about HCV among methadone patients in Israel, where effective HCV-treatment is provided at low-cost within the national health insurance framework, yet few infected methadone patients are treated. In 2006, 512 patients in two methadone clinics in Israel were interviewed, of whom 53\%\% were HCV-positive. The clinics were purposively selected from the 11 methadone clinics in the country. Respondents exhibited poor knowledge about HCV, particularly about diagnosis and treatment. Lesser-educated respondents were three times more likely to score low on HCV-knowledge compared to those with 12++ years of schooling (AOR == 2.97, 95\%\% CI == 1.5?5.7. HCV-negative patients were also three-times more likely than HCV-positive patients to score low on the HCV-knowledge scale (Adjusted Odds Ratio == 3.0, 95\%\% Confidence Interval == 1.9?4.7). Enhancing HCV-knowledge may help patients avoid becoming infected and infecting others, allay exaggerated fears about hepatitis, and facilitate HCV-treatment initiation among those infected.},
	issn = {1082-6084},
	doi = {10.3109/10826080902864894},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.3109/10826080902864894},
	author = {Cohen-Moreno, Rinat and Schiff, Miriam and Levitt, Shabtay and Bar-Hamburger, Rachel and Strauss, Shiela and Neumark, Yehuda}
}
