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- Title
Feasibility and Acceptability of an English-as-a-Second Language Curriculum on Hepatitis B for Older Chinese American Immigrants.
- Authors
Coronado, Gloria D.; Acorda, Elizabeth; Do, H. Hoai; Taylor, Victoria M.
- Abstract
Asian immigrants to the U.S. have an increased prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection compared to native born individuals; an estimated 10 percent of Chinese immigrants are infected with HBV. Using qualitative data from focus groups, we developed an English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) curriculum that aimed to improve knowledge about key hepatitis B facts. The curriculum was pilot-tested among 56 students aged 50 and older from intermediate-level ESL classes at a community-based organization that serves Chinese immigrants. Post-curriculum data showed increases in knowledge that hepatitis B can cause liver cancer (73% at pre-test vs. 91% at post-test; p value = 0.01) and that individuals can be infected with hepatitis B for life (34% vs. 81%; p value <0.0001). These findings suggest that an ESL curriculum can successfully improve knowledge about the severity of hepatitis B and its routes of transmission among older Chinese American adults.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OLDER Chinese Americans; CHINESE Americans; MEDICAL care; OLDER immigrants; MEDICAL examinations of immigrants; ENGLISH as a foreign language; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; HEPATITIS B virus
- Publication
Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice, 2008, Vol 2, Issue 3, p121
- ISSN
2166-5222
- Publication type
Article