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Hepatitis C: Intervention Programming for Youth at Risk - Final Consolidated Report

Please note that this document was published by Health Canada prior to the announcement of the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada on September 24, 2004. Any reference to Health Canada should be assumed to be to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Prepared for:
Hepatitis C Prevention,
Support and Research Program,
Community Acquired Infections Division,
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control,
Population and Public Health Branch,
Health Canada

Prepared by:
The Alder Group, 2004

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. Information Review
    • 2.1 Research Methodology
    • 2.2 Initiatives for Youth at Risk
    • 2.3 Intermediary Programs
    • 2.4 Materials

  3. Interviews with Intermediaries
    • 3.1 Communications - Issues and Vehicles
    • 3.2 Successful Programs

  4. Report on Focus Groups with Youth
    • 4.1 Methodology
    • 4.2 Awareness of Hepatitis C
    • 4.3 Communicating the Hepatitis C Message

  5. Conclusions and Recommendations
    • 5.1 Broad Parameters of Success
    • 5.2 Most Promising Programs
    • 5.3 Key Messages and Messengers
    • 5.4 Support Resources Required

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Hepatitis C: Intervention Programming for Youth at Risk - Final Consolidated Report

This document was initiated/prepared by the former Population and Public Health Branch of Health Canada before the creation of the new Public Health Agency of Canada on September 24, 2004. The new Agency is now responsible for its release and dissemination.

Published by authority of the Minister of Health

This publication can be made available on computer diskette or in large print upon request.

This report can also be accessed through the Public Health Agency of Canada website and through the Canadian Hepatitis C Information Centre New window

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Health 2004

Catalogue No. H39-4/51-2004E
ISBN 0-662-38025-8
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