{"id":1956,"date":"2022-03-15T20:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccdcfound.wpengine.com\/whats-new\/interview-peer-health-mentors-work-to-improve-connection-to-hepatitis-c-virus-treatment-after-release-from-provincial-prisons-in-bc\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T00:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T00:06:24","slug":"interview-peer-health-mentors-work-to-improve-connection-to-hepatitis-c-virus-treatment-after-release-from-provincial-prisons-in-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/whats-new\/interview-peer-health-mentors-work-to-improve-connection-to-hepatitis-c-virus-treatment-after-release-from-provincial-prisons-in-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Peer Health Mentors Work to Improve Connection to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment After Release from Provincial Prisons in BC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest blog post by:<br><em><strong>Sofia Bartlett PhD<\/strong><br>Senior Scientist for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STIBBI) with Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control<br><strong>Pam Young<\/strong><br>Program Manager &amp; Peer Health Mentor, Unlocking the Gates Services Society<br><strong>Cheri McBride<\/strong><br>Peer Health Mentor, Unlocking the Gates Services Society<br><strong>Tammy Milkovich<\/strong><br>Peer Health Mentor, Unlocking the Gates Services Society<\/em><br><br>Following up from her last <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/whats-new\/test-link-call-tlc-project-improving-connection-to-hepatitis-c-virus-treatment-after-release-from-provincial-prisons-in-bc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guest post introducing the TestLinkCall (TLC) Project<\/a>, Sofia sat down with <strong>Pam<\/strong>, <strong>Cheri<\/strong>, and <strong>Tammy<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/unlockingthegates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unlocking the Gates Services Society (UTG)<\/a> for an interview to discuss their work and TLC Project. UTG is a Peer-led and run not-for-profit organization that supports people when they are released from prison or jail in British Columbia (BC) to help them start their life again back in in the community. TLC Project is a pilot to link people living with hepatitis C (\u2018hep C\u2019) infection with Peer Support through UTG and providing them with a cell phone after release from prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Q <strong>Sofia<\/strong>: <strong>Can you tell me how you describe your job with UTG, and how does UTG work?<\/strong><br><br><strong>Cheri:<\/strong> I\u2019m a Peer Health Mentor with Unlocking the Gates; we walk alongside people when they are leaving corrections, help guide them on accessing services, and whatever other things they need assistance with. Having people with lived experience of incarceration involved in this period of transition when someone is leaving corrections makes a huge difference to how clients react to services that are offered!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sofia-TLC-blog-post-Part-2-Mar-2022.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sofia-TLC-blog-post-Part-2-Mar-2022-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5808\" style=\"width:512px;height:512px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Peer Health Mentors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Q <strong>Sofia: What is the Test Link Call (TLC) Project and how are you involved in it?<\/strong><br><br><strong>Tammy:<\/strong> We identify clients coming out of corrections who have hep C and who haven\u2019t been linked to care or treatment yet\u2014so we talk about hep C, hep B, HIV, we check with all our clients about that. If they have hep C infection, we find out if they did treatment yet, we tell them about the new treatments and how easy they are, I tell them about my previous clients who have done hep C treatment successfully, and we tell them about TestLinkCall Project. What that involves is we will link them to care with a treatment provider, give them a cell phone, and walk with them through treatment.<br><br><strong>Pam:<\/strong> I hear things about the old hep C treatment still all the time from clients, the old interferon treatment hasn\u2019t gone from peoples\u2019 minds. The old treatment overwhelmed people for a long time. I\u2019ve had clients do the new treatment and all they had was a headache. When I hear people talk about the old treatment, I address all their fears and misconceptions, so a lot of the time what we\u2019re doing is education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Q <strong>Sofia: How do you think TLC Project has helped UTG clients so far?<\/strong><br><br><strong>Pam:<\/strong> Our clients can do video calls with their hep C care providers now; that\u2019s been a huge help for them. It\u2019s so convenient to do their hep C treatment all by phone because a lot of them can\u2019t get to appointments! But without a phone, telehealth, or video calls are impossible.<br><br><strong>Cheri:<\/strong> The TestLinkCall program has been great because the Peer Health Mentors can check in with clients every few weeks by calling their cell phone, we just say \u201cHow you doing? How\u2019s the treatment going? Hope you\u2019re doing great!\u201d It means a lot to them.<br><br><strong>Tammy:<\/strong> Quite often, we are the only ones in our clients\u2019 corner. We are often their only social connection\u2014and giving them a phone actually helps a lot for them to feel like we are there for them.<br><br><strong>Pam: <\/strong>I think it\u2019s also been great that our clients can use social media and use video chat now to connect with family. There\u2019s also these apps on the phones, before we give them to the clients, like the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeguarddh.com\/products\/lifeguard-app\/\" target=\"_blank\">LifeGuard app<\/a>, which is for safer substance use and can help alert first responders in the event of accidental overdose. I don\u2019t know for sure that my clients who have received a phone are using the LifeGuard app, but at least we tell them about it and how to use it, and it\u2019s on the phones.<br><br><strong>Cheri: <\/strong>I know for sure one of my clients used the LifeGuard app on their phone that we gave them!<br><br><strong>Tammy:<\/strong> Also, the phones are so good for the clients to be able to connect to other services, like trying to get into a drug detox facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sofia-TLC-blog-post-Part-2-pic-2-Mar-2022.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sofia-TLC-blog-post-Part-2-pic-2-Mar-2022-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5809\" style=\"width:512px;height:512px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Example of UTG client accessing TLC Project services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Q <strong>Sofia: How do you think TLC Project can contribute to overall public health and hep C elimination in the overall population? <\/strong><br><br><strong>Cheri:<\/strong> Honestly I never heard of the overall goal for hep C elimination until today! But I\u2019ll tell you, I don\u2019t see hep C elimination being possible without things like TestLinkCall Project, or having other ways to connect people to care. We really need things like TestLinkCall Project where Peers who are connected with people at risk of hep C, like people in the prison system, have got support and resources to help link these clients to care. Or else hep C elimination is not going to work!<br><br><strong>Pam:<\/strong> The prison population has such a high number of people living with hep C infection, it\u2019s such a good place to start to get people connected to care, as part of these overall hep C elimination goals. But you know there\u2019s so many other places we could also go to! Like recovery houses or homeless shelters, so I think this project could be scaled up or expanded even more!<br><br><strong>Cheri:<\/strong> And I think if Peers could collect samples for hep C testing or do point of care tests, this would reach a lot of people and would be very acceptable for our clients. And this would work really well with TestLinkCall Project and the process we already established for linkage to care!<br><br><strong>Tammy:<\/strong> Yes, if Peers could do testing or collect samples, clients would feel so much safer, and everything will move by so much quicker because we would be able to do everything on the spot at the shelter or wherever else we find them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project, read Dr Bartlett\u2019s guest blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/whats-new\/test-link-call-tlc-project-improving-connection-to-hepatitis-c-virus-treatment-after-release-from-provincial-prisons-in-bc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project: Improving Connection to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment After Release from Provincial Prisons in BC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator 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