Capitol B
Friday, December 9, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

J5: J5 - Models for Hepatitis Prevention and Control for Asian/Pacific Islander Communities

Strategies to provide hepatitis B prevention education, awareness, and services targeted to Asian Americans in California, Colorado, and New York City will be presented and discussed.
Learning Objectives: C. Identify specific intervention strategies that address the viral hepatitis prevention needs of individuals in groups with health disparities including, but not limited to, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and African-Americans.

Moderator:Dolly Sinha
8:30 AMJade Ribbon Campaign: A Culturally Targeted Global Intervention to Address the High Prevalence of Hepatitis B among Asians and Asian Americans
Samuel So, Stephanie Chao, Jordan Su, Sharon Yao, Eric Sue
8:50 AMThree For Life: Protecting adult Asian/Pacific Islanders through hepatitis testing and vaccination
Janet Zola, Path Fu, Amy Pine, Jordan Su, Eric Sue, Samuel So
9:10 AMIntegration of a Participatory Research into a Church-Based Health Survey
Dr. Haoek Lee, I. Hontz, S. Kim, O. Lee
9:30 AMInnovative Strategies in Hepatitis B Prevention for Asian Americans in New York City - A Community Health Center's Perspectives
Deborah Hong, Christina Lee, Amber F. Ahmad, Tracy Wu, Phyllis Kwok, Alan Tso, Teddy Chen, Susan Seto-Yee, Jeffrey Caballero, Thomas Tsang

The 2005 National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference of CDC