Individual and network factors associated with HCV treatment uptake among people who inject drugs

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment uptake among people who inject drugs (PWID), a population with disproportionately high rates of HCV, remains low. Peers have been shown to positively impact a broad range of health outcomes for PWID. There is, however, limited data on the impact of PWID social network members on HCV treatment.HCV-infected PWID enrolled in an ongoing community-based cohort were recruited as "indexes" to complete an egocentric...