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Implementing community-based Dried Blood Spot (DBS) testing for HIV and hepatitis C: a qualitative analysis of key facilitators and ongoing challenges

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13525-x

Published Online: 2022-05-31

Published Print: 2022-12

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Authors

Young, James http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-7753
Ablona, Aidan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1436-6276
Klassen, Benjamin J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8203-724X
Higgins, Rob

Kim, John

Lavoie, Stephanie

Knight, Rod http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1464-1584
Lachowsky, Nathan J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-8780
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Reach Nexus (CIHR FRN: 97105)

Canadian Blood Services (MSM Research Grant)

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (Scholar Award (#16863))
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Article History

Received: 2 September 2021

Accepted: 23 May 2022

First Online: 31 May 2022

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for the study was granted by research ethics boards at the University of Victoria and University of British Columbia (BC17-487), which adhere to Canada’s national Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2018). All interviewees provided verbal informed consent (to facilitate remote interviews), as approved by the aforementioned research ethics boards, prior to data collection.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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