Hepatitis
Subtitle: education, screening and linkage-to-care for ethnic communities: a community-based approach
By: Asian Health Coalition
Contributors: Asian Health Coalition. Hepatitis Education and Prevention Program
Publisher: Asian Health Coalition
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Hepatitis B; Prevention & control; Epidemiology; Community Health Planning; Methods; Health Status Disparities; Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Other titles: Hepatitis education and prevention program :
Description: Through the Hepatitis Education and Prevention Program (HEPP), it is the Asian Health Coalition's desire that this manual serve as a guide for other organizations to replicate their approach, in part or in whole, to address chronic Hepatitis B disparities in their targeted populations and communities.
Notes: Also available via World Wide Web.

Supported by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 5U54PS001299.
Table of contents: title: 1.  Introduction; title: 2. Hepatitis B Disparity in Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPIs); title: 3. The Community Health Worker Model; title: 4. Setting Up a Community Advisory Board; title: 5. Planning the Hepatitis Education & Prevention Program; title: 6. Training the Community Health Worker; title: 7. Program Implementation: Community Education and Outreach; title: 8. Program Implementation: Screening, Vaccination and Treatment; title: 9. Monitoring and Evaluating the Program; title: 10. Diversity in Action: An Asian Community Response to Hepatitis B.