Contents
- Issue 39 March 2008
- Awareness Week: Preparation Begins
- My Lucky Number
- Will a hep C vaccine come from Adelaide?
- Roxon on Hepatitis
- A DepressionStory
- Rural Tips Now Available
- Biopsy!
- Turning Point
- Youth and CNPs
- Dangers of DIY Piercing
- The Sound of Drums
- Hep C and Me Survey
- HCCSA Library News
Rural Tips Now Available
GIT Network’s guide launched
The Hepatitis C Council’s Getting It Together (GIT) rural network is proud to finally release a resource they’ve been working on since the middle of 2007. Tips for Living Well with Hep C in Rural South Australia might be a bit of a mouthful, but it describes exactly what this booklet is all about.
Covering everything from finding a doctor, accessing treatment, family issues and sex to mental health, diet and exercise, alcohol and support networks, Tips is a vital resource for people living away from Adelaide.
Launched in February, the resource was well-received by rural members of the Council.
“It’s awesome! It’s to the point, clear, with no mumbo-jumbo.”
“I wish I’d had this available to me when I first found out I had hepatitis C.”
“It’s a nice, small little booklet which you can put in your pocket—explicit without being too wordy, with lots of contacts and services and advice.”
“The section on shame, for example, is what we’re all about—resources like this help to dispel that shame.”
“Rural health care workers often don’t know anything about hepatitis C, other than that it exists, and they can use this resource to inform people, and to get in touch with information sources. My doctor, who was good, still didn’t know about the Council or much else to do with hep C. A lot don’t even know that there’s a treatment available.”
Contact the council on 1300 437 222 to get a copy.
