Speaking activities which include public and professional presentations and educational seminars, TV and print interviews, inservices for medical professionals, patient advisory panels, conferences, press conferences, and support groups, online 'chat forums'. Topics focusing on HCV and related chronic illnesses as well as quality of life issues and patient needs. Topics include prevention, intervention, symptoms, testing, treatment options, complementary and alternative treatment information, and family support and crisis issues.
Individual attention is heavily focused upon.
Also provide assistance and consultation to other HCV organizations, social workers, etc., with projects involving issues requiring sensitivity, and how to go about dealing with patients when sensitive issues are being dealt with such as notification of positive HCV tests, etc. Provide patients and loved ones with the best appropriate resource in their community, or if necessary in the Country. UFPH has provided financial assistance to those with shown need to help defray associated healthcare costs in a variety of cases. Develop research tools and projects specifically designed to bridge the communication and understanding gap that exists between patients, their healthcare providers, the general medical community, the public, and if it exists between patients and their families with a focus on helping keep the family unit together in times of crisis. Administration of on-line patient surveys, analyze and disseminate data otherwise not available to the medical community.