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Parallel Session - Abstract List

 

 Parallel Sessions are divided into seven.  Delegates will have the choice of choosing a session which will contain one main presentation, and 4 oral abstracts.

Main Presentation

Name Organisation                                                       Title 
Graham Foster            Queen Mary University London  Finding Hepatitis C in hard to reach communities 
Jagdeep Singh  Media Reach Reaching Out to South Asian Communities 
Sushma Saksena  Durham Hospital  Hepatitis C Pathway Development 
Arpana Verma University of Manchester Greater Manchester Research 
Kitty Candeleira National Hepatitis C Resource Centre The Span of Universal Precautions and Transmission of Hepatitis C 
Andrew Preston Exchange Supplies   Harm Reduction Works Campaign

Oral Abstracts

Name                                Organisation                                  Title 
Hazel England     Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health Is it Fair?  Health Equity in Hepatitis C Services 
Femke Lambers  Public Health Service of Amsterdam  Limited knowledge about HCV among MSM from the Amsterdam Cohort studies
James Higgerson Manchester Urban Collaboration on Helath  Getting the Message Across - Evaluation of a DVD for raising awareness for the need to be tested in former IDUs
 Avril Taylor University of West Scotland  Guidance for  
Angela Pilkington   University of Manchester Hepatitis C Teaching and Training Needs Assessment for Greater Manchester 
Anouk Urbanus Public Health Service of Amsterdam  HCV Infections among non-Western Migrants living in the Netherlands 
Anouk Urbanus Public Health Service of Amsterdam  Are people with tattoos or piercings a risk group for HBV and HCV?
Julie Cunningham Association of Greater Manchester PCTs Building a Case for Change - The Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Strategy's Service Re-design Project 
Coimhe Cawley Health Protection Agency  Hepatitis B and C Testing in English Prisons from 2005 to 2008 
Xavier Moja-Roca  Spanish Department of Health  Changes in drug consuming habits as a result of providing containers and filters 
Siobhan Fahey Association of Greater Manchester PCTs  Implementing dried spot testing for hepatitis C within substance misuse agencies across Greater Manchester 
Heather Mack  Bowland North College  Exploring the knowledge,, feelings and belief of people living with Hepatitis C and the professionals who support them - the role of stigma 
Colin Tyrie  NHS Manchester Promoting BBV Awareness and negotiation skills to reduce risk of vulnerability in young people 
Allan MacLeod Health Protection Scotland                   Extent of, and factors associated with, deprivation amongst persons diagnosed with hepatitis C in Scotland
Miriam Vonk  Public Health Service of Amsterdam            Barriers and motivation of active drug users to undergo treatment for chronic hepatitis C: a qualitative study
Sarah Collins  Health Protection Agency  Hepatitis C Testing in the Community: results of sentinel surveillance in 23 sentinel laboratories in England 2002 - 2008 
Jennifer Kelly Glasgow Addiction Service  National Hepatitis C Action Plan Prevention Initiatives in Greater Glasgow and Clyde 
Jeanette Livings  Association of Greater Manchester PCTs  Targeting people who have ever injected drugs in Greater Manchester using a social marketing model
Martyn Lewis  Assertive Outreach Team, Hahnemann House  Supporting people with a serious mental illness and hepatitis C
Freke Zuure Public Health Service of Amsterdam  Combining mass media and the internet to screen individuals at risk of hepatitis C: unravelling hidden populations
Dr Katy Harrison University of Manchester  Programme evaluation of the Hepatitis C Dried Blood Spot Testing Initiative across Greater Manchester
Will Morton  Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health  Blood borne virus prevention in Manchester: A healthcare needs assessment
Hazel England  University of Manchester Is it fair? Health equity in hepatitis C services
Angela Pilkington University of Manchester  Hepatitis C Teaching and Training Needs Assessment for Greater Manchester 
Freke Zuure Public Health Service of Amsterdam  Reasons to test or not to test for Hepatitis C infection through the internet