Trial reportJournal of community health2009
Evaluation of a hepatitis B lay health worker intervention for Chinese Americans and Canadians.
Trial report in Journal of community health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Cultural Appropriateness in Health Communication: A Review and A Revised Framework.Journal of health communication · 2019Pooled it
- Improving access to health care for chronic hepatitis B among migrant Chinese populations: A systematic mixed methods review of barriers and enablers.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2017Pooled it
- Characteristics of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community health worker programs: a systematic review.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2015Pooled it
- Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and impacts of an education program on hepatitis B testing uptake among ethnic Chinese in Australia: results of a randomised controlled pilot study.BMC public health · 2021Trial
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- Lay Health Worker Intervention Improved Compliance with Hepatitis B Vaccination in Asian Americans: Randomized Controlled Trial.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Effect of a liver cancer education program on hepatitis B screening among Asian Americans in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, 2009-2010.Preventing chronic disease · 2014Trial
- Evaluation of a hepatitis B lay health worker intervention for Cambodian Americans.Journal of community health · 2013Trial
- Increasing hepatitis B screening for hmong adults: results from a randomized controlled community-based study.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2013Trial
- Community health worker hepatitis B education for Cambodian American men and women.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2013Trial
- Alternative approaches to assessing intervention effectiveness in randomized trials: application in a colorectal cancer screening study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2011Trial
- Hepatitis B ESL education for Asian immigrants.Journal of community health · 2011Trial
- Effectiveness and implementation of decentralized, community- and primary care-based strategies in promoting hepatitis B testing uptake: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- A training for health care workers to integrate hepatitis B care and treatment into routine HIV care in a high HBV burden, poorly resourced region of Uganda: the '2for1' project.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives on Adapting a Community Health Worker Model to Facilitate Lung Cancer Screening for Chinese For-Hire Vehicle Drivers.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer: Community Awareness, Knowledge and Beliefs of Middle Eastern Migrants in Sydney, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Hepatitis B Testing Among Vietnamese in Metropolitan Atlanta: The Role of Healthcare-Related and Acculturation-Related Factors.Journal of community health · 2021Article
- Evidence and gaps in the literature on HIV/STI prevention interventions targeting migrants in receiving countries: a scoping review.Global health action · 2021Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Hepatitis B testing is recommended for immigrants from countries where hepatitis B infection is endemic. However, only about one-half of Chinese in North America have received hepatitis B testing. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a hepatitis B lay health worker intervention for Chinese Americans/Canadians. Four hundred and sixty individuals who had never been tested for hepatitis B were identified from community-based surveys of Chinese conducted in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. These individuals were randomly assigned to receive a hepatitis B lay health worker intervention or a direct mailing of physical activity educational materials. Follow-up surveys were completed 6 months after randomization. Self-reported hepatitis B testing was verified through medical records review. A total of 319 individuals responded to the follow-up survey (69% response rate). Medical records data verified hepatitis B testing since randomization for 9 (6%) of the 142 experimental group participants and 3 (2%) of the 177 control group participants (P = 0.04). At follow-up, a higher proportion of individuals in the experimental arm than individuals in the control arm knew that hepatitis B can be spread by razors (P < 0.001) and during sexual intercourse (P = 0.07). Our findings suggest that lay health worker interventions can impact hepatitis B-related knowledge. However, our hepatitis B lay health worker intervention had a very limited impact on hepatitis B testing completion. Future research should evaluate other intervention approaches to improving hepatitis B testing rates among Chinese in North America.
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