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| HBU Webinar: Innovative Strategies for Using Health Information Technology to Identify and Manage Disparities in High Risk Populations |
Please join
Hep B United on
Wednesday, January 25, 2016 from
3:00 PM to 4:00 EST
for a webinar on
Innovative Strategies for Using Health Information Technology to Identify and Manage Disparities in High Risk Populations!
In the United States, over 2 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis B infection, only 25 percent are aware of their infection, and less than 10 percent of infected individuals are able to access care and receive treatment. Join us for this interactive session to learn about a community health center-based health information technology and electronic health record system designed to increase hepatitis B screening, vaccination, and treatment. Panelists will also discuss a pilot project that examines the collection of non-clinical or social determinants of health data and the potential impact on patients living with hepatitis B.
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Be sure to register early, space is limited. A confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar will be sent to you after you register.
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| Become a Hep B Advocate! - Join our new grassroots advocacy action center! |
Interested in learning how you can help raise the profile of hepatitis B and liver cancer as urgent public health priorities and advance our mission to increase hepatitis B awareness, screening, vaccination, and linkage to care for high-risk communities across the country? Sign up
here to
receive the latest news and updates about hep B policy issues, learn about upcoming advocacy events, and be notified of opportunities to take action and show your support for our
policy initiatives
.
We'll provide resources, information, and tools to help you:
- Communicate effectively with your elected officials
- Educate and engage your community on hep B policy issues
- Recruit and organize other hep B advocates and champions in your community
- Promote and participate in ongoing national, state, and local advocacy efforts
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Prevent Cancer Foundation Briefing Video
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Cancer affects people of all races and ethnicities, but research shows there is a greater disease burden for certain populations.
On Tuesday, December 13, the Prevent Cancer Foundation's Think About the Link® campaign hosted a briefing to raise awareness about vaccinations, screenings and treatment options available for viruses and their related cancers in minority populations.
Four outstanding speakers shared their respective research and experience in reducing knowledge gaps and incidence rates of HPV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and related cancers in African-American, Asian and Hispanic communities in the United States.
Watch the briefing
here and learn more about these viruses.
To join the Foundation in raising awareness about the link between viruses and cancer, click here to use our Action Toolkit and get started. By sharing this information, you can help Stop Cancer Before It Starts!®
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| HHS Blog: Holy Name Medical Center |
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Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J. made it a priority to provide easy access to HBV care, screening, and education to their Asian-American population. Within their Korean community, they worked together to share and disseminate important community projects.
In their study of 11,177 Asian Americans screened for hepatitis B, Holy Name Medical Center found a 3.2% prevalence rate; linkage to care is still an ongoing challenge.
For more information, check out the
blog post!
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| New Partner Highlight: Mercy Housing & Human Development, Gulfport, MS |
Welcome new HBU partner, Mercy Housing & Human Development (MHHD)! Founded in 1997, MHHD is a non-profit organization based on the gulf coast of Mississippi. This year, the organization will be celebrating their 20
th
year of community service! Empowered by the needs of their community to the basic rights of dignity and compassion, MHHD provides programs and services to attain financial literacy, sustainable, affordable housing and health literacy and their related issues for low-wealth or underserved families of South Mississippi. Their programs include homebuyer education, VITA - a partnership with IRS to provide free tax preparation services, survival skills, and community health advocacy including ACA enrollment.
Over the past two years, MHHD has partnered with the MS Department of Health and Boat People SOS to provide hepatitis B education, screening, vaccination and linkage to care with a special focus on the Vietnamese American community.
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Fact Sheets in New Languages!!
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Also, the Know Hepatitis B campaign website was redesigned! With the new look, there are language-specific links in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Burmese, Hmong, Khmer, and Lao. |
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Hep B United Coalition Partners Across the Country
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| Hep B United Partners
Community Partners: Asian American Health Coalition (HOPE Clinic). Asian American Health Initiative. Asian Health Coalition. Asian Pacific Health Foundation. Asian Pacific Community in Action. Asian Services in Action Inc. Center for Pan Asian Community Services(CPACS). Charles B Wang Community Health Center. Chinese American Medical Society - Greater Boston Chapter. CCACC Pan Asian Volunteer Health Clinic. Dallas Fort Worth Hepatitis B Free Project. Hep B Free Las Vegas. Hep B Free Los Angeles. Hep B Project. Hep B United Philadelphia. Hep B United Twin Cities. Hep Free Hawaii. Hepatitis B Coalition of WA. Hepatitis B Initiatives of Washington, DC. Hepatitis Education Project. Midwest Asian Health Association. New Jersey Hepatitis B Coalition. North East Medical Services. NYC Hepatitis B Coalition. NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH).
Ohio Asian American Health Coalition. Project Prevention. SF Hep B Free.
National Non-Profit Partners: Hepatitis B Foundation. Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO). Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness. Research and Training (AANCART). National Task Force on Hepatitis B. National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable.
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. Immunization Action Coalition.
Federal Partners: US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis, HHS. HHS Office of Minority Health. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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