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Reducing Liver Cancer Risk in African-Born Immigrants Through Culturally Targeted Hepatitis B Group Education Programs
AbstractOf 900 West African-born immigrants living in New York City who were tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV), over 9% were found to have the infection (Shankar H et al. Clin Infectious Dis 62(S4):S289 –s297, 2016). Community targeted group education programs (EP) have been shown to improve immigrant population’s health (Bailey E et al. J Natl Med Assoc 92(3):136–42, 2000). Our aim is to enhance HBV screening in at-risk West African immigrants through the development of a group EP as a first critical step to reducing liver cancer risk. The framework for an HBV group EP was created based on our prior work to identif...
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - December 1, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
How colour-changing technology could revolutionise the medical industry
From chameleon syringes to self-expiring packaging, designers are turning their hands to graphic medical applicationsYou might not want to hear this, but there's a good reason to be scared of needles: the most deadly clinical procedure in the world is a simple injection.Every year, 1.3 million deaths are caused by unsafe injections, due to the reuse of syringes. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that up to 40% of the 40bn injections administered annually are delivered with syringes that have been reused without sterilisation, causing over 30% of hepatitis B and C cases and 5% of HIV cases – statistics that ha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 28, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Wainwright Tags: India theguardian.com Blogposts Design World news Pharmaceuticals industry Medical research World Health Organisation Global development Business Science Art and design Source Type: news
Implementation of an electronic medical record does not change delivery of preventive care for HIV-positive patients
Conclusions: As EMR implementation expands, it is important to evaluate the effects that EMRs have on patient outcomes, including preventive health provision. Our study showed that after implementation of an EMR, the provision of most preventive care measures did not improve. This finding is in agreement with many published studies. Some studies have found positive effects from EMRs that may be attributable to specific aspects of EMRs. Further study of the effect of specific EMR attributes on health care outcomes is needed.
Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics - January 17, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrew E. Petroll, Jenise K. Phelps, Kathlyn E. Fletcher Tags: Regular Papers Source Type: research
A survey of hepatitis B immune status of Taibah University medical students
Conclusion The low prevalence of HBV protective levels in Taibah University medical students needs further research and mandates implementation of a screening program and vaccination for all non-immune health care students.
Source: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences - November 4, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Promoting improved utilization of laboratory testing through changes in an electronic medical record: experience at an academic medical center
This case study over time describes five years of experience with interventions to improve laboratory test utilization at an academic medical center. The high-frequency laboratory tests showing the biggest declines in order volume post intervention were serum albumin (36%) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (17%). Introduction of restrictions for 170 high-cost send-out tests resulted in a 23% decline in order volume. Targeted interventions reduced mis-orders involving several “look-alike” tests: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; manganese, magnesium; beta-2-glycoprotein, beta-2-microglobulin. Lastly, target...
Source: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - February 22, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Matthew KrasowskiDeborah ChudzikAnna DolezalBryan SteussyMichael GaileyBenjamin KochSara KilbornBenjamin DarbroCarolyn RysgaardJulia Klesney-Tait Source Type: research
Positive Rate of Different Hepatitis B Virus Serological Markers in Peking Union Medical College Hospital, a General Tertiary Hospital in Beijing
Conclusions Among this group of patients in our hospital, the positive rate of HBsAg was relatively high. Age group of 20-29, males, and patients in non-surgical departments were factors associated with high positive rate of HBsAg.
Source: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal - April 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Microbiological screenings for infection control in unaccompanied minor refugees: the German Armed Forces Medical Service ’s experience
ConclusionsWe conclude that the applied in-house PCR screening systems, which have proven to be useful for screening military returnees from tropical deployments, can also be used for health assessment of immigrants from the respective sites. Apparently healthy UMRs may be enterically colonized with a broad variety of pathogenic and apathogenic microorganisms. Increased colonization rates, as shown forG. duodenalis, can pose a hygiene problem in centralized homes for asylum seekers.
Source: Military Medical Research - April 21, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Ichor Medical Systems Announces Strategic Collaboration With Johnson & Johnson Innovation To Develop And Commercialize Immunotherapies Delivered With TriGrid Electroporation Device For Chronic Hepatitis B
Ichor Medical Systems, Inc. (Ichor) announced recently that it has entered into a product development collaboration and worldwide license agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Janssen). Under the agreement, which was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the parties will work together to develop and commercialize DNA-based vaccine products for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B using Ichor’s TriGrid electroporation technology for clinical administration.
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 14, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Chronic hepatitis B infection-an unmet medical need in New Zealand 35 years after universal neonatal vaccination.
Authors: Horsfall E, Gane E, Anwar A, Moyes C, Lampen-Smith A, Hay S, Cunningham C
PMID: 32777797 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - August 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research
Ways to promote screening for hepatitis B virus and accelerated vaccination schedule in prison: Training, information, peer education
In conclusion, training, information, and a peer education approach could explain a high rate of adherence to a screening and vaccination program.PMID:35164982 | DOI:10.1016/j.respe.2022.01.001
Source: Revue d Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique - February 15, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Cristina Stasi Mirko Monnini Valerio Cellesi Marco Salvadori Daniele Marri Mateo Ameglio Andrea Gabbuti Rossella Celmi International Organization for Migration cultural mediators Teresa Di Fiandra Fabio Voller Caterina Silvestri Source Type: research
Comparative analysis of online patient education material pertaining to hepatitis and its complications
Conclusion: Patient reading materials reviewed in this study were written well above the recommended reading grade level. These findings suggest review of patient education materials in an effort to close the gap between the average reading level and the reading materials.
Source: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - March 31, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Articles: Hepatitis Source Type: research
