1. Hepatitis B Screening & Vaccination Behaviors in a Community-based Sample of Chinese & Korean Americans in New York City.
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Shijian Li, Shao-Chee Sim, Linda Lee, Pollack, Henry J., Wyatt, Laura C., Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Perry Pong, and Kwon, Simona C.
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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 - 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.
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- 2017
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