Counseling

This information sheet is an agenda for providers who are taking a two-day training program in which they learn to serve persons at high risk for viral hepatitis. This material lists the training objectives and provides training modules, including specific modules targeted for substance use programs. The training can be used in substance use settings, STD/public health settings, HIV/AIDS programs, and correctional settings, as well as used for providers from all four target settings.

This internet file discusses hepatitis C testing. It explains why persons at risk for hepatitis C should get tested and lists some of the risks, the diagnostic tests that are conducted, where to get tested, what personal questions may be asked, the need for counseling, how long the before receiving the results, whether the results can be wrong, what to do if the test is positive and what to do if it is negative.