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Lafferty L; Beadman M; Ward J; Flynn E; Hosseini-Hooshyar S; Martinello M; Treloar C, 2024, 'Patient and healthcare provider perceptions of acceptability of fingerstick point-of-care hepatitis C testing at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104335

Treloar C; Rance J; Bryant J; Lafferty L, 2024, '‘There's too much power in this number. It's freaking the whole response out’: The views of key informants on evidence and targets to achieve hepatitis C elimination goals in Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 31, pp. 59 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13896

Treloar C; Lancaster K; Rhodes T; Lafferty L; Bryant J; Rance J, 2024, 'The ‘missing’ in the ‘endgame’ of hepatitis C elimination: A qualitative study in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13845

Broom A; Peterie M; Ridge D; Lafferty L; Kenny K; Broom J; Kelly-Hanku A; Treloar C; Applegate T, 2023, 'Sex, drugs and superbugs: The rise of drug resistant STIs', SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100310

Sheehan Y; Cunningham EB; Cochrane A; Byrne M; Brown T; McGrath C; Lafferty L; Tedla N; Dore GJ; Lloyd AR; Grebely J, 2023, 'A ‘one-stop-shop’ point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing intervention to enhance treatment uptake in a reception prison: The PIVOT study', Journal of Hepatology, 79, pp. 635 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2023.04.019

Storer D; Lafferty L; Graham S; Murphy D; Rance J; Brener L; Seale H; Hammoud MA; Prestage G; Beadman M; Gardner K; Blaxland M; Bolt R; Caruana T; Philpot S; Rule J; Bryant J, 2023, 'Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines: Lessons from Selected Populations Who Experience Discrimination in the Australian Healthcare System', Health & Social Care in the Community, 2023, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5901128

Lafferty L; Sheehan Y; Cochrane A; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Treloar C, 2023, 'Reducing barriers to the hepatitis C care cascade in prison via point-of-care RNA testing: a qualitative exploration of men in prison using an integrated framework', Addiction, 118, pp. 1153 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16137

Grebely J; Markus C; Causer LM; Silk D; Comben S; Lloyd AR; Martinez M; Cunningham EB; O'Flynn M; Dore GJ; Matthews S, 2023, 'A national programme to scale-up decentralised hepatitis C point-of-care testing and treatment in Australia', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 8, pp. 204 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00355-7

Peterie M; Broom A; Kenny K; Broom J; Regan D; Lafferty L; Kelly-Hanku A; Treloar C, 2023, 'Economies of resistance', Critical Public Health, 33, pp. 763 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2023.2271140

Lafferty L; Schroeder S; Marshall AD; Drysdale K; Higgs P; Stoové M; Baldry E; Dietze P; Treloar C, 2023, 'Trust and service engagement among people who inject drugs after release from prison', International Journal of Drug Policy, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103925

Broom A; Peterie M; Kenny K; Broom J; Kelly-Hanku A; Lafferty L; Treloar C; Applegate T, 2023, 'Vulnerability and antimicrobial resistance', Critical Public Health, 33, pp. 308 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2022.2123733

Marshall AD; Schroeder SE; Lafferty L; Drysdale K; Baldry E; Stoové M; Dietze P; Higgs P; Treloar C, 2023, 'Perceived access to opioid agonist treatment in prison among people with a history of injection drug use: A qualitative study.', J Subst Use Addict Treat, 150, pp. 209066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209066

Zhang Y; Guy R; Camara H; Applegate TL; Wiseman V; Treloar C; Lafferty L, 2022, 'Barriers and facilitators to HIV and syphilis rapid diagnostic testing in antenatal care settings in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review', BMJ Global Health, 7, pp. e009408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009408

Bryant J; Horwitz R; Gray RM; Lafferty L; Jops P; Blunden H; Hudson S; Brener L, 2022, 'Improving access to drug and alcohol treatment in NSW Australia: The role of self-determination and peer support', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e2050 - e2057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13639

Lafferty L; Rance J; Byrne M; Milat A; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Treloar C, 2022, '“You need a designated officer” – Recommendations from correctional and justice health personnel for scaling up hepatitis C treatment-as-prevention in the prison setting', International Journal of Drug Policy, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103746

Schroeder SE; Drysdale K; Lafferty L; Baldry E; Marshall AD; Higgs P; Dietze P; Stoove M; Treloar C, 2022, '"It's a revolving door": Ego-depletion among prisoners with injecting drug use histories as a barrier to post-release success', International Journal of Drug Policy, 101, pp. 103571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103571

Lafferty L; Cochrane A; Sheehan Y; Treloar C; Grebely J; Lloyd AR, 2022, '“That was quick, simple, and easy”: Patient perceptions of acceptability of point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing at a reception prison', International Journal of Drug Policy, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103456

Lafferty L, 2022, 'Navigating the dynamics of trust, rapport and power while conducting social health research with people in prison', Qualitative Social Work, 22, pp. 1222 - 1236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14733250221122301

Rance J; Lafferty L; Treloar C; Loveday S; Dore G; Lloyd A; Grebely J; Butler T; Martin N; Chambers G; Byrne M; Donnelly R; McGrath C; Bowman J; Trevethan L; Grant L; Murrell T; Bath N; Harrod M; Churchill A; Pinnock K; Cairnduff S, 2021, 'Considering treatment-as-prevention scale-up for Australian prisons: a qualitative sub-study of expert stakeholders from the Australian ‘surveillance and treatment of prisoners with hepatitis C’ project (SToP-C)', Harm Reduction Journal, 18, pp. 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00494-4

Lafferty L; Rance J; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Treloar C, 2021, 'Hepatitis C treatment as prevention in the prison setting: Assessments of acceptability of treatment scale up efforts by prison correctional and health personnel', International Journal of Drug Policy, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103379

Lafferty L; Smith K; Causer L; Andrewartha K; Whiley D; Badman SG; Donovan B; Anderson L; Tangey A; Mak D; Maher L; Shephard M; Guy R; Bastian L; Ward J; Kaldor J; Comerford C; Bushby T; Moore L; Gunathilake M; Johnson D; Gallant D, 2021, 'Scaling up sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: healthcare workers’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators', Implementation Science Communications, 2, pp. 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00232-8

Camara H; Zhang Y; Lafferty L; Vallely AJ; Guy R; Kelly-Hanku A, 2021, 'Self-collection for HPV-based cervical screening: a qualitative evidence meta-synthesis', BMC Public Health, 21, pp. 1503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11554-6

Hill AO; Bavinton BR; Kaneko N; Lafferty L; Lyons A; Gilmour S; Armstrong G, 2021, 'Associations Between Social Capital and HIV Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Japan', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, pp. 3103 - 3113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02097-3

Rance J; Lafferty L; Treloar C; Loveday S; Dore G; Lloyd A; Grebely J; Butler T; Martin N; Chambers G; Byrne M; Donnelly R; McGrath C; Bowman J; Trevethan L; Grant L; Murrell T; Bath N; Harrod M; Churchill A; Pinnock K; Cairnduff S, 2021, 'Expert stakeholder perspectives on the acceptability of treatment-as-prevention in prison: a qualitative substudy of the ‘Surveillance and Treatment of Prisoners with Hepatitis C’ project (SToP-C)', Addiction, 116, pp. 2761 - 2769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15477

Grebely J; Collins AB; Artenie AA; Sutherland R; Meyer JP; Barocas JA; Falade-Nwulia O; Cepeda JA; Cunningham EB; Hajarizadeh B; Lafferty L; Lazarus JV; Bonn M; Marshall AD; Treloar C, 2021, 'Progress and remaining challenges to address hepatitis C, other infectious diseases, and drug-related harms to improve the health of people who use drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103469

Treloar C; Schroeder S; Lafferty L; Marshall A; Drysdale K; Higgs P; Baldry E; Stoove M; Dietze P, 2021, 'Structural competency in the post-prison period for people who inject drugs: A qualitative case study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 95, pp. 103261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103261

Lafferty L; Rance J; Dore GJ; Lloyd AR; Treloar C, 2021, 'The role of social capital in facilitating hepatitis C treatment scale-up within a treatment-as-prevention trial in the male prison setting', Addiction, 116, pp. 1162 - 1171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15277

Sazzad HMS; McCredie L; Treloar C; Lloyd AR; Lafferty L, 2020, 'Violence and hepatitis C transmission in prison—A modified social ecological model', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0243106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243106

Camara H; Zhang Y; Lafferty L; Vallely A; Guy R; Kelly-Hanku A, 2020, 'Qualitative evidence synthesis on self-collection for human papillomavirus–based cervical screening: Protocol for systematic review', JMIR Research Protocols, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/21093

Rance J; Lafferty L; Treloar C, 2020, '‘Behind closed doors, no one sees, no one knows’: hepatitis C, stigma and treatment-as-prevention in prison', Critical Public Health, 30, pp. 130 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1541225

Lafferty L; Rance J; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Lloyd AR; Treloar C, 2020, 'Perceptions and concerns of hepatitis C reinfection following prison-wide treatment scale-up: Counterpublic health amid hepatitis C treatment as prevention efforts in the prison setting', International Journal of Drug Policy, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102693

Lafferty L; Rance J; Treloar C, 2019, '‘Fighting a losing battle’: prisoners’ perspectives of treatment as prevention for hepatitis C with inadequate primary prevention measures', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 26, pp. 502 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2018.1494135

Settumba SN; Shanahan M; Butler T; Schofield P; Lafferty L; Simpson P; Chambers G, 2019, 'Developing Attributes and Attribute-Levels for a Discrete-Choice Experiment: An Example for Interventions of Impulsive Violent Offenders.', Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-019-00484-5

Lafferty L; Rance J; Grebely J; Lloyd AR; Dore GJ; Treloar C, 2018, 'Understanding facilitators and barriers of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection in prison', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 1526 - 1532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12987

Lafferty L; Chambers GM; Guthrie J; Butler T; Treloar C, 2018, 'Measuring Social Capital in the Prison Setting: Lessons Learned From the Inmate Social Capital Questionnaire', Journal of Correctional Health Care, 24, pp. 407 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345818793141

Lafferty L; Wild TC; Rance J; Treloar C, 2018, 'A policy analysis exploring hepatitis C risk, prevention, testing, treatment and reinfection within Australia's prisons', Harm Reduction Journal, 15, pp. 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0246-6

hilferty F; Lafferty L; valentine K; Cale J; Zmudski F, 2018, 'Changes to home detention in South Australia: Evaluation design and early implementation findings', Advancing Corrections, 5th edition, pp. 34 - 47, https://icpa.org/library/a-preview-of-the-advancing-corrections-journal-edition-5-2018/

Lafferty L; Rance J; Treloar C, 2018, 'Who goes first? Understanding hepatitis C risk among injecting networks in the prison setting', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 183, pp. 96 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.10.030

Lafferty L; Treloar C; van Breda N; Steele M; Hiley S; Flaherty I; Salmon A, 2017, '‘It's Fast, It's Quick, It Stops Me Being Sick’: How to influence preparation of opioid tablets for injection', Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, pp. 651 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12562

Lafferty L; Treloar C; Guthrie J; Chambers GM; Butler T, 2017, 'Social capital strategies to enhance hepatitis C treatment awareness and uptake among men in prison', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 111 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12627

Lafferty L; Treloar C; Butler T; Guthrie J; Chambers GM, 2016, 'Unlocking dimensions of social capital in the prison setting', Health and Justice, 4, pp. 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-016-0040-z

Lafferty L; Treloar C; Chambers GM; Butler T; Guthrie J, 2016, 'Contextualising the social capital of Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men in prison', Social Science and Medicine, 167, pp. 29 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.040

Lafferty L; Chambers GM; Guthrie J; Butler T, 2015, 'Indicators of social capital in prison: a systematic review', Health & Justice, 3, pp. 3 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-015-0020-8

Conference Posters

Lafferty LM; Rance J; Treloar C, 2017, 'Does Australia’s policy landscape support HCV treatment as prevention in the prison setting in the new DAA era?', New Jersey, USA, presented at 6th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU), New Jersey, USA, 06 September 2017 - 08 September 2017

Lafferty LM; Rance J; Treloar C, 2017, 'Scaling up or holding back? Contemplating treatment as prevention in the prison setting within Australia’s current policy frameworks.', Cairns, Queensland, presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference, Cairns, Queensland, 10 August 2017 - 11 August 2017

Lafferty LM; Rance J; Treloar C, 2017, 'Treatment as prevention in the prison setting: Prisoners’ perspectives', presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference, 10 August 2017 - 11 August 2017

Rance JA; Lafferty L; Treloar C, 2017, '“Behind closed doors, no one sees, no one knows”: Stigma and treatment as prevention in prison', Cairns, presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference, Cairns, 10 August 2017 - 11 August 2017

Lafferty LM; Treloar C; Chambers GM; Butler T; Guthrie J, 2015, 'Identifying the social capital of men in prison screening positive for HCV', Hawaii, USA, presented at HEP DART 2015, Hawaii, USA, 06 December 2015 - 10 December 2015

Lafferty LM; Treloar C; Chambers GM; Butler T; Guthrie J, 2015, 'Identifying the social capital of men in prison screening positive for HCV', Sydney, Australia, presented at 4th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users, Sydney, Australia, 07 October 2015 - 09 October 2015

Conference Presentations

Lafferty L; Lewis S; Drysdale K; Monaghan R; Kelly-Hanku A; Guy R; Treloar C, 2023, 'Enablers and barriers to scaling up infectious diseases point-of-care testing in the primary care setting in Australia', presented at Australasian Conference on Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases, Sydney, 14 March 2023 - 15 March 2023


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