Successful Promotion of Hepatitis B Vaccinations Among Vietnamese-American Children Ages 3 to 18: Results of a Controlled Trial

Abstract

Both community mobilization and media campaigns significantly increased the knowledge of Vietnamese-American parents about hepatitis B vaccination, and the receipt of "catch-up" vaccinations among their children.

Communicating risk and promoting disease mitigation measures in epidemics and emerging disease settings

“…Such health and social behavior outcomes within intended groups and/or relevant communities were observed in reference to a variety of recommended mitigation measures -as they applied to specific disease areas -including increased immunization rates, 56 The role of entertainment education/communication and, more specifically, street entertainers, in risk awareness and protective behavior at the community level was also highlighted by one study, 67 and so was a worksite program that did not seem to contribute to any difference in immunization rates, yet appeared to improve compliance to other protective behaviors (staying home during an infectious respiratory illness) and to increase positive attitudes and beliefs on the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine. 68 A multi-channel mass risk communication campaign (including interpersonal and print channels, and use of mobile technology/texting) within school settings to reverse an epidemic of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) resulted in increased home confinement rates of symptomatic children.…”

“…93 While the scope of this review does not include an analysis of any cost-related issues, a few interesting observations emerged from some of the studies included in this review and are reported here, so they may inform future research on this critical issue. For example, a few of the studies that focused on evaluating community mobilization strategies, 56,61 mentioned that 'such interventions can prove both cost-effective and cost-beneficial'. 56 Therawiwat et al…”

Hepatit B Virüsü ile Enfekte Hastaların Hastalık Hakkında Bilgi Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi

“…Yurtdışından bildirilmiş olan toplumun farklı kesimleri arasında yapılan çalışmalarda da benzer eğitim açığı saptanmış olup, sağlık çalışanları da dahil olmak üzere, enfeksiyondan korunma ve bulaş yolları hakkında eksik ya da yanlış bilgiye sahip olduğu gösterilmiş, yapılan eğitim çalışmaları ile konuya dikkat çekilmesinin aşılanma yolu ile enfeksiyondan korunmaya katkı sağladığı gösterilmiştir (16)(17)(18). ABD'de hastalığın endemik olduğu Asya bölgesinden gelen göçmenler arasında da hastalık hakkında yetersiz ya da yanlış bilgi düzeyi saptanmıştır (19).…”

Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Knowledge Among Vietnamese Americans: A Population-Based Survey

“…Americans [8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. One study reported that 80.8% of participants had heard of HBV but only 67.4% had been screened [15].…”

“…HBV can be transmitted through sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles or syringes, or from an infected mother to her infant at birth. HBV is not spread through breastfeeding, contaminated food or water, sharing eating utensils, hugging, kissing, holding hands, coughing, or sneezing [11,12,14,16,19].…”