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New hepatitis C treatments can cure 95 per cent of people, including people with HIV coinfection.
Statewide efforts in Victoria to eliminate hepatitis C among HIV infected individuals are underway and aim to deliver treatment to 75 per cent of HCV/HIV gay and bisexual men over the next two years.
Hepatitis C transmission among gay and bisexual men can occur via sexual and injecting risk-taking behaviour.
Ongoing risk taking behaviour, such as unprotected sex, may undermine efforts to eliminate hepatitis C in this group.
This project will examine gay and bisexual men’s knowledge, attitudes and practice toward risk taking and hepatitis C prevention.
Behavioural data collected as part of the HCV/HIV coinfection elimination project, together with a series of qualitative interviews with gay and bisexual men, will be used to describe and understand steps to reduce HCV reinfection.
The project will involve a mixed method approach using analysis of data collected during an existing clinical trial, and qualitative data collection.
Applicants require a capacity to work autonomously in a field-based setting, and an understanding of the importance of a harm reduction approach to health care.
For any general enquiries relating to this project, please contact:
Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination; Co-Head, Viral Hepatitis Elimination; NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow
To achieve better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions.
85 Commercial Road, Melbourne
VIC, 3004, Australia
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