HBV outreach programs significantly increase knowledge and vaccination rates among asian pacific islanders

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 619-624

  Zacharias, Tresa ^a   Wang, Winnie ^a   Dao, Doan ^a   Wojciechowski, Helena ^a   Lee, William M ^a   Do, Son ^a   Singal, Amit G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Hepatitis B; Outreach; Prevention; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940367045     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9975-y     Document Type: Article

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