Resource: Know Hepatitis B
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A national, multilingual communication campaign to increase testing for hepatitis B among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). The campaign delivers culturally relevant messages in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese through a variety of multimedia channels.
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Physician and Patient Guide to Hep B
Resource: Physician and Patient’s Guide to Hepatitis B (2012 Edition)
Asian Liver Center, Stanford University School of Medicine.
User-friendly handbook with latest information on the incidence, transmission, detection, prevention, and management of hepatitis B infection and liver cancer.
Hep B information for Health Professionals
Resource: Hepatitis B Information for Health Professionals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Contains hepatitis B surveillance data, vaccination, and prevention information. There are also perinatal hepatitis B prevention patient education materials in several languages, including Burmese.
Hepatitis B is a Major Health Issue for Migrants in the U.S.
News: Hepatitis B is a Major Health Issue for Migrants in the U.S.
Between 1.04 and 1.61 million migrants now living in the U.S. have chronic hepatitis B infection report investigators in the online edition of Hepatology. The authors highlight the need for hepatitis B virus screening in all foreign-born persons.