A Model Development in Hepatitis C Screening by Village Health Volunteers

Hepatitis C Virus Screening Model

Abstract

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening will help reduce spread of infection and  dangers to happen. This  research and development  had three phases, aimed to (1) develop a screening model for HCV by village  health volunteers (VHVs) (2)  assess knowledge, operation, and satisfaction of HCV  screening by VHVs (3)  compare knowledge of HCV  and people's satisfaction  with screening services of  population by VHVs with  public health officials.  Studied in 66 VHVs and  people who received  screening with VHVs and  public health officers (440  people/group). HCV  screening model by VHVs  consisted of 1) public  relations 2) preparing equipment and 3) HCV  diagnosis service. However,  most of VHVs, (98.5%), had  good knowledge of HCV. The  VHVs, 63.7% performed the  screening test at a high level and 95.5% of the VHVs were  satisfied with the screening  at a high level. The screening results found that people who received screening  services by VHVs had  average knowledge score  9.28 ± 2.82 points (out of 15  points) less than screened  group who received  screening by public health  officers which was equal to  9.89 ± 3.00 points, statistically significant (p = 0.002). But  there was no difference with  people's satisfaction in each  group (p = 0.121). Therefore, this HCV screening model  should be expanded to use  by VHVs