Integrating Hepatitis Services into Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: New Initiatives from SAMHSA

Litwin AH Soloway I Gourevitch MN . Integrating services for injection drug users infected with hepatitis C virus with methadone maintenance treatment: challenges and opportunities. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40(Suppl 5):S339–45.

Villano SA Nelson KE Vlahov D Purcell RH Saah AJ Thomas DL . Hepatitis A among homosexual men and injection drug users: more evidence for vaccination. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 25:726–8.

Backmund M Meyer K Schuetz C Reimer J . Factors associated with exposure to hepatitis B virus in injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend 2006; 84:154–9.

Fiore AE Wasley A Bell BP . Prevention of hepatitis A through active or passive immunization. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 2006; 55(RR-7):1–23.

Mast EE Weinbaum CM Fiore AE Alter MJ Bell BP Finelli L ; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. A comprehensive immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) part II: immunization of adults. MMWR Recomm Rep 2006;55(RR-16):1–25. Also available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5516a1.htm?s_cid=rr5516a1_e [cited 2007 Jan 4].

Recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV-related chronic disease. MMWR Recomm Rep 1998; 47(RR-19):1–39.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US). National immunization program. Adult immunization schedule. October 2006-September 2007 [cited 2007 Jan 4]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/adult-schedule.htm#print

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US). SAMHSA action plan, HIV/AIDS & hepatitis, FY 2006 and FY 2007 [cited 2007 Jan 4]. Available from: URL: http://www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/SAP_HIV.aspx

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US). The SAMHSA hepatitis A and B vaccination initiative. Available from: URL: http://dpt.samhsa.gov/twinrix.htm

Strauss SM Astone J Vassilev ZP Des Jarlais DC Hagan H . Gaps in the drug-free and methadone treatment program response to hepatitis C. J Subst Abuse Treat 2003; 24:291–7.

Strauss SM Astone JM Hagan H Des Jarlais DC . The content and comprehensiveness of hepatitis C education in methadone maintenance and drug-free treatment units. J Urban Health 2004; 81:38–47.