Resource Library

This section provides immediate access to all of the resources that we have on our site in both HTML and PDF formats.

• For the Public
• For Health Care Professionals
• Medical and Treatment Guidelines
• For Educators
• Hepatitis C Prevention, Support & Research Program
• Articles by Section Members

For the Public

• Multilingual Hepatitis C Information (March 2004)
• Hepatitis C Get the Facts
  - PDF Version (101 KB)
• Hepatitis C & Injection Drug Use
  - PDF Version (220 KB)
• Hepatitis C & Injection Drug Use - A Focus On Youth
  - PDF Version (221 KB)

For Health Care Professionals

• Hepatitis C Information for Health Professionals
  - PDF Version (101 KB)
• The Effectiveness of Bleach in the Prevention of Hepatitis C Transmission - Final Report
• Hepatitis C Prevention: An Examination of Current International Evidence (February 2002)
  - PDF Version (1,113 KB)
• Estimating the number of persons co-infected with Hepatitis C virus and Human Immunodeficiency virus in Canada (March 2001)
  - PDF Version (694 KB)
• Profile of Hepatitis C & Injection Drug Use in Canada (September 2000)
  - PDF Version (99 KB)
• Estimating the number of blood transfusion recipients infected by hepatitis C virus in Canada, 1960-85 and 1990-92. Report to Health Canada (June 1998)
  - PDF Version (240 KB)

Medical and Treatment Guidelines

• Management of Viral Hepatitis: A Canadian Consensus Conference 2003/2004
  - Evaluation Questionnaire - PDF only
• Hepatitis C: Nutrition Care - Canadian Guidelines for Health Care Providers (September 2003)
  - PDF Version (1,229 KB)
  
• Nutrition Tips for People with Hepatitis C (September 2003):
  Helping You Feel Your Best!
  - PDF Version (370 KB)
  Dealing With Discomforts
  - PDF Version (365 KB)
• Hepatitis C: A Nursing Guide
  - PDF Version (185 KB)
• Infection Control Guidelines - Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care
  CCDR Volume 28S1, March 2002
• Management of Viral Hepatitis: Recommended Guidelines for Physicians
  - PDF Version (306 KB)
• Management Guidelines for the HCV-HIV Co-infected Adult
  - PDF Version (130 KB)
• Executive Summary
  - PDF Version (16 KB)
• Reproductive Care of Women Living with Hep C Infection
  - PDF Version (156 KB)
• The Management of Viral Hepatitis. Proceedings of a consensus conference held in Montreal, Quebec in March 1999

For Educators

• Hepatitis C: Intervention Programming for Youth at Risk - Final Consolidated Report
• Responding to an Emergency: Education, Advocacy and Community Care by a Peer-driven Organization of Drug Users (December 2001)
  - PDF Version (1,751 KB)
• Harm reduction and injection drug use: An international comparative study of contextual factors influencing the development and implementation of relevant policies and programs (September 2001)
  - PDF Version (860 KB)
• Special Report on Youth, Piercing, Tattooing and Hepatitis C (March 2001)
  - PDF Version (583KB)
• Mediums to Reach Injection Drug Users - A Discussion Paper (September 2000)
  - PDF Version (64 KB)
• Resources for Hepatitis C & Injection Drug Use - A Needs Assessment (July 2000)
  - PDF Version (99 KB)
• Angus Reid Survey (January 2000)
  - PDF Version (93 KB)

Hepatitis C Prevention, Support & Research Program

• For publications pertaining to the Program, please click here.

Articles by Section Members

• Jayaraman GC, Lee B, Singh AE, Preiksaitis JK. Trends in testing behaviours for hepatitis C virus infection and associated determinants: results from population-based laboratory surveillance in Alberta, Canada (1998-2001). J Viral Hepat. April 2007;14(4):249-254.
• Wu HX, Wu J, Wong T, Donaldson T, Dinner K, Andonov A, Ip Chan J, Moffat B, Baptiste B, Furseth J, Poliquin D, Bolesnikov G, Giulivi A, Paton S. Enhanced surveillance of newly acquired hepatitis C virus infection in Canada, 1998 to 2004 . Scand J Infect Dis 2006;38(6-7):482-9.
• Wu H-X, Wu J, Wong T, Andonov A, Li Q, Dinner K, Donaldson T, Paton S, Enhanced Hepatitis Strain Surveillance System (c/o MHuard). Incidence and risk factors for newly acquired hepatitis C virus infection among Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal Canadians in six regions, 1999-2004. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. Mar 2006;26(3):167-174.
  
• Wong T, Lee SS. Review. Hepatitis C: a review for primary care physicians . CMAJ Feb 28, 2006; 174(5):640-659.
  Correction : In the article, the correct sentence is "For analgesia, small doses of ASA (< 2 g/d) are vastly preferable to NSAIDs in patients with liver disease." The medication is acetaminophen instead of ASA as printed.
• Dinner K, Donaldson T, Potts J, Sirna J, Wong T. Hepatitis C: a public health perspective and related implications for physicians . Royal College Outlook, Fall 2005;2(3):20:22.