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Contact:

Heather Bush
801-538-6194
hbush@utah.gov

 

 


VIRAL HEPATITIS PREVENTION

Hepatitis C Testing

Salt Lake Valley Health Department
610 South 200 East, SLC
Mon, Tue, and Thu: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
(closed for lunch 11:30 am -1 pm)
Wednesday: 1:00 - 6:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
801-534-4666
$21

Utah AIDS Foundation
1408 South 1100 East, SLC
Mondays: 5:00 -7:00 pm
801-487-2323
$25
www.utahaids.org

HepFree, Inc.
24 S. 1100 E., Suite 103, SLC
801-815-2437
M-F 8:30 to 4:30
Cost: $15.00
www.hepfree.com
Hep B&CTreatment also available
Contact: Cher Struck, Clinical Director
cher@hepfree.com


Northern Utah HIV/AIDS Coalition
536 24th Street, Suite 2B
Ogden, UT 84401
801-393-4153
FREE Testing
Monday –Thursday
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, By Appointment only
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
FREE Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Testing will also be offered.


Hepatitis C Support Group

For people with Hepatitis C and their family or friends
Date:  First and third Thursday of each month
Location:  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Room 204
261 South 900 East, SLC
Time:  6:30 - 8:30 PM
Purpose:  To understand we are not alone and to become informed advocates and participants in our health care.
Contact Person:  Amber (801) 949-0993

Viral Hepatitis Resources

COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE DIRECTORY FOR HIV/AIDS HEPATITIS C AND TUBERCULOSIS - Updated 2011
For HIV Prevention Providers, HIV/AIDS and TB Treatment and Care Providers and Hepatitis C Consumers

Utah HEP Info
Under construction
Resources and information for Utahns about Viral Hepatitis including: basic facts, prevention and treatment

ABCs of Hepatitis Fact Sheet

Table of Hepatitis A,B, and C statistics, routes of transmission, persons at risk, incubation period, symptoms, treatment, tests, vaccination

2005-2007 Viral Hepatitis Comprehensive Plan
The Utah Viral Hepatitis Comprehensive Plan, developed by the Viral Hepatitis Steering Committee and Viral Hepatitis Work Group with the assistance of the Utah Department of Health, is the framework for the provision of care services during 2005 through 2007 for people living in Utah with viral hepatitis and for those at risk for viral hepatitis infection.

OTHER RESOURCES

Hepatitis C Awareness and Action Foundation
Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 649-3877

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/index.htm

Hepatitis C Support Project
http://www.hcvadvocate.org

American Liver Foundation
http://www.liverfoundation.org

Veterans Affairs-Center for Excellence in Hepatitis C Research and Education
http://www.va.gov/hepatitisc


Hepatitis C Conference
Collaboratively Confronting the Challenge: An Educational Conference

Speaker Presentations:

Community Track
Hal Cole, MD - "Hepatitis C Testing: Understanding the Basics for your Client"
Handout - Hepatitis C Testing

Richard Garden, MD, MPH - "Hep C in Corrections and Re-Entry into the Community"

Medical Track
Christopher Tietze, MD - "Asking the Right Questions: Is your Patient at Risk for Hep C?"

Triscia Martin, PA-C - "Labspeak - What Does it All Mean?: Reading and Understanding a Hepatitis C Test"

Terry Box, MD - "Treatment and Medical Management of Hepatitis C"

Charlie Smigelski, RD - "Nutrition Support in HCV Infection"
Handout - "Nutrition for people with HCV"


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