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However, little is known about HPs\u2019 attitudes towards treating people with hepatitis C. An analytical, cross\u2010sectional survey was conducted to explore the inter\u2010relationship among HPs\u2019 hepatitis C knowledge and attitudes towards treating people with hepatitis C and their self\u2010reported clinical behaviour: Self\u2010administered questionnaires were distributed to 3675 complementary therapists, dentists, medical practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, undergraduate medical and nursing students and people with hepatitis C in Victoria, Australia. Forty\u2010six per cent responded (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2003=\u20031510). Only HP (complementary therapists, dentists, medical practitioners, nurses and pharmacists) data is presented (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2003= 1347).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Most HPs demonstrated adequate hepatitis C knowledge, but some displayed intolerant attitudes toward people with hepatitis C. Their self\u2010reported compliance with infection control practices indicated that they frequently treated people with hepatitis C differently from other patients by using additional infection control precautions while treating patients with hepatitis C. In addition, fear of contagion and disapproval of injecting drug use emerged as barriers to their willingness to treat people with hepatitis C.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The results suggest that focusing education strategies on changing HPs\u2019 attitudes toward people with hepatitis C, injecting drug users, and infection control guidelines rather than concentrating solely on medical information might ultimately improve patient care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2893.2007.00849.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,5,7]],"date-time":"2007-05-07T12:41:31Z","timestamp":1178541691000},"page":"624-632","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Health professionals\u2019 attitudes toward caring for people with hepatitis C"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"J. A.","family":"Richmond","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T. 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