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- Title
Hepatitis B Screening & Vaccination Behaviors in a Community-based Sample of Chinese & Korean Americans in New York City.
- Authors
Shijian Li; Shao-Chee Sim; Linda Lee; Pollack, Henry J.; Wyatt, Laura C.; Chau Trinh-Shevrin; Perry Pong; Kwon, Simona C.
- Abstract
The article discusses research regarding hepatitis B screening and vaccination behaviors in a community-based sample of Chinese Americans and Korean Americans in New York, New York, and it mentions how Asian Americans are disproportionately affected by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). At-risk communities in America are addressed, along with liver disease, the socio-demographics of the research participants, and various barriers to HBV screening and vaccination.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); HEPATITIS B; CHINESE Americans; MEDICAL care; UTILIZATION of medical screening; KOREAN Americans; HEPATITIS B vaccines; HEALTH behavior research; AT-risk people; HEPATITIS B virus; DIAGNOSIS; ASIANS; CONFIDENCE intervals; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH services accessibility; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL screening; MOTIVATION (Psychology); PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; SURVEYS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; JUDGMENT sampling; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH literacy; ODDS ratio
- Publication
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2017, Vol 41, Issue 2, p204
- ISSN
1087-3244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5993/AJHB.41.2.12