Reducing Liver Cancer Disparities: A Community-Based Hepatitis-B Prevention Program for Asian-American Communities
| dc.contributor.author | Hsu, Chiehwen Ed | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-08-02T14:02:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-08-02T14:02:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-08-01 | |
| dc.description | This is among the first article that examine the Hepatitis B education, screening, and immunization of 9 Asian communities in Maryland. http://www.nmanet.org/images/uploads/Journal/OC900.pdf | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: Several Asian-American groups are at a higher risk of dying of liver diseases attributable to hepatitis B infection. This culturally diverse community should be well informed of and protected against liver diseases. The present study assesses the knowledge of hepatitis B before and after a hepatitis-B educational program and determines the infection status of an Asian community. Methods: Nine Asian communities of Montgomery County, MD, enrolled in the hepatitis-B prevention rogram between 2005 and 2006. They attended culturally tailored lectures on prevention, completed self-administered pre- and posttests, and received blood screening for the disease. Results: More than 800 Asian Americans participated in the study. Knowledge of prevention was improved after educational delivery. The average infection rate was 4.5%, with Cambodian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean groups having higher infection rates. The age group of 36–45 had the highest percentage of carriers (9.1%). Conclusion: Many Asian groups, particularly those of a southeast Asian decent, were subject to a higher probability of hepatitis-B infection. At an increased risk are first-generation Asian immigrants, groups with low immunization rates and those aged 36–45. The findings provide potential directions for focusing preventive interventions on at-risk Asian communities to reduce liver cancer disparities. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Montgomery County DHHS, Asian American Health Initiative. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Hsu CE, Liu CL, Juon HS, Chiu YW, Bawa J, Tillman U, Miller JA, Wang MQ. Reducing Liver Cancer Disparities - A Hepatitis B Preventive Program for the Asian American Community, Montgomery County, Maryland, Journal of National Medical Association. 2007: 99(8), 900-907 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0027-9684 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7049 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | The National Medical Association | en |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | College of Health & Human Performance | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Public & Community Health | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_us |
| dc.subject | Asian Health | en |
| dc.subject | Health Disparities | en |
| dc.subject | Hepatitis B | en |
| dc.subject | Liver cancer | en |
| dc.title | Reducing Liver Cancer Disparities: A Community-Based Hepatitis-B Prevention Program for Asian-American Communities | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |