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Telephone Patient Navigation Increases Follow-Up Hepatitis B Care in the Postpartum Period for Immigrants Living in New York City.
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Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health . Dec2021, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p1179-1186. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Hepatitis B is a major public health threat which leads to serious liver disease or cancer and disproportionately impacts immigrants. Pregnant people are routinely tested for hepatitis B to prevent perinatal transmission but may themselves not receive appropriate education and referrals. People contacted as part of the local health department's perinatal hepatitis B prevention program were offered culturally appropriate telephone patient navigation services to test if this would improve adherence with postpartum hepatitis B care. Four-hundred and nine people were enrolled in the intervention. Using laboratory-reported surveillance data as the outcome measure, those receiving the intervention were 1.66 times as likely to see a hepatitis B care provider within 6 months of childbirth compared with those who did not. Culturally appropriate patient navigation can improve adherence with recommended hepatitis B care in the postpartum period. Health departments can use similar interventions to address liver health disparities in immigrant populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HEPATITIS B prevention
*PATIENT aftercare
*IMMIGRANTS
*CULTURE
*PUBLIC health surveillance
*CHILDBIRTH
*IMMUNIZATION
*HEALTH services accessibility
*INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
*MEDICAL databases
*TELEPHONES
*PATIENT-centered care
*PUBLIC health
*INTERVIEWING
*REGRESSION analysis
*PUERPERIUM
*MEDICAL records
*CHI-squared test
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*PATIENT compliance
*PATIENT education
*ODDS ratio
*VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571912
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153624616
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01240-5