2017 Enhanced Program
HCMSG has found the need to enhance our program-The Hepatitis C Education and Support Group Assistance Program, as we are finding different sets of challenges in certain communities such as Substance Use, Youth, LGBTQ and Women of child bearing age.
Our work is designed to give patients the help to overcome barriers for care and support. We educate them on HCV, addressing some of the challenges associated with having HCV and what needs to be done after cure. We look at broader health solutions covering topics such as: re-infection, transmission, harm reduction strategies, and non-medical issues. We educate on ways to maintain good health. In addition, we include help with navigating insurance issues where needed and advocacy skills. The feedback from patients is that this program helps motivate them to want to seek treatment and adhere to it. In some cases it helps to decrease the feelings of stigma, helping people to feel worthy. Empowering them to be in charge of their own health.
This program enables people to have better health outcomes.
HCMSG works with the staffs of HIV organizations to integrate HCV education into their programs. We meet with their patients to help educate them on what it means to be infected with HCV and how to live with Co-infection HIV/HCV.
We see that these trainings enable communities to be brought together. While organizations and health professionals may know one another, having them all in the same room for trainings is beneficial to become familiar with each other’s work. In many cases it has started collaborations that fill gaps in services, which some do not offer.
With the growth of tele-health, the number of our training's and groups held via tele-support have increased, especially in remote areas where they cannot travel or do not want to be seen.
HCMSG’s trainings cover education and supportive services starting from pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, pre-treatment, once treatment decision is made, waiting for treatment, on treatment, and post treatment for both patients and health providers.
HCMSG has found the need to enhance our program-The Hepatitis C Education and Support Group Assistance Program, as we are finding different sets of challenges in certain communities such as Substance Use, Youth, LGBTQ and Women of child bearing age.
Our work is designed to give patients the help to overcome barriers for care and support. We educate them on HCV, addressing some of the challenges associated with having HCV and what needs to be done after cure. We look at broader health solutions covering topics such as: re-infection, transmission, harm reduction strategies, and non-medical issues. We educate on ways to maintain good health. In addition, we include help with navigating insurance issues where needed and advocacy skills. The feedback from patients is that this program helps motivate them to want to seek treatment and adhere to it. In some cases it helps to decrease the feelings of stigma, helping people to feel worthy. Empowering them to be in charge of their own health.
This program enables people to have better health outcomes.
HCMSG works with the staffs of HIV organizations to integrate HCV education into their programs. We meet with their patients to help educate them on what it means to be infected with HCV and how to live with Co-infection HIV/HCV.
We see that these trainings enable communities to be brought together. While organizations and health professionals may know one another, having them all in the same room for trainings is beneficial to become familiar with each other’s work. In many cases it has started collaborations that fill gaps in services, which some do not offer.
With the growth of tele-health, the number of our training's and groups held via tele-support have increased, especially in remote areas where they cannot travel or do not want to be seen.
HCMSG’s trainings cover education and supportive services starting from pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, pre-treatment, once treatment decision is made, waiting for treatment, on treatment, and post treatment for both patients and health providers.