Hepatitis B screening practice among older Chinese in the Greater Washington, DC, area

• Published in: Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 107; no. 10; p. 655
• Main Authors: Tanaka, Miho, Gehan, Edmund, Chen, Mei-Yu, Wang, Judy Huei-Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Aged; Asian Americans; Cross-Sectional Studies; District of Columbia; Female; Health Care Surveys; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology; Hepatitis B - diagnosis; Hepatitis B - ethnology; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Self Report; Surveys and Questionnaires; District of Columbia

Older Chinese Americans are at greater risk of contracting hepatitis B virus (HBV) because they were born before the implementation of universal childhood vaccination policies. This study examined the prevalence of HBV screening, test results, and predictors of HBV screening among older Chinese. Two...