ArticleJournal of community health2011
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among Hmong immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley.
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- Effectiveness of Interventions for Hepatitis B and C: A Systematic Review of Vaccination, Screening, Health Promotion and Linkage to Care Within Higher Income Countries.Journal of community health · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic Review: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Among Hmong Adults in the USA.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Pooled it
- 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
- Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in the Timing of Initiating the HPV Vaccine in the United States: the Case of Southeast Asian Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- COVID-19 mitigation behaviors among English-Speaking Hmong Americans.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Susceptibility to Hepatitis B virus and the Need for Community Health Education in Milwaukee's Hmong Community.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Kashmiri refugees at the verge of hepatitis B and C epidemic in the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.Revista de saude publica · 2022Article
- An Unusual Case of Blastomycosis and Severe Lung Necrosis in a Hmong Woman With Preexisting Liver Cirrhosis.Cureus · 2021Article
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- Healthcare Disparities Identified Between Hmong and Other Asian Origin Groups Living with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection in Sacramento County 2014-2017.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Disparities in mortality for chronic liver disease among Asian subpopulations in the United States from 2007 to 2016.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2018Article
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- Perceptions of Risk for Hepatitis B Infection among the Hmong.Hmong studies journal · 2016Article
- Chronic hepatitis B and liver cancer risks among Asian immigrants in New York City: Results from a large, community-based screening, evaluation, and treatment program.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2014Article
- Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections in United States-bound refugees from Asia and Africa.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2014Article
- Hepatitis B knowledge, screening, and vaccination among Hmong Americans.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2013Article
- A pregnant patient with a positive hepatitis B surface antigen.Frontline gastroenterology · 2013Article
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Infections among Healthy Volunteer Blood Donors in the Central California Valley.Gut and liver · 2013Article
- Prevalence of hepatitis B infection among young and unsuspecting Hmong blood donors in the Central California Valley.Journal of community health · 2012Article
- Survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the San Joaquin Valley: a comparison with California Cancer Registry data.Annals of gastroenterology · 2012Article
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Abstract
Chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) is the major cause of primary liver cancer worldwide and Asians are disproportionately affected. The prevalence of HBV among most Asian American groups has been well documented, except in Hmong immigrants in the United States. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV among Hmong immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley of California. A convenient sample of 534 Hmong age ≥18 years was recruited at various locations throughout Fresno County. Blood samples from study participants were collected and tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by enzyme-immunoassay. Two hundred and eighty-nine females and 245 males of Hmong descent (mean age, 43.93) were screened. Eighty-nine (41 males and 48 females) were positive for HBsAg, which accounts for a prevalence of 16.7% (95% C.I. 13.5-19.9). The majorities of HBsAg positive patients were ≥40 years (64.2%), married (66.7%), born in Laos (87.3%), and had lived in the United States ≥20 years (62.5%). Only 37.5% of the participants reported having a primary care physician. Our study revealed that approximately one out of every six Hmong immigrants screened was infected with HBV. Based on our findings, more than one-third of these infected patients have no primary care physician to provide further treatment, surveillance for liver cancer, or vaccination of their families. This supports the Institute of Medicine's recent recommendations to the Center for Disease Control to engage in a national Hepatitis B surveillance system.
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