TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Hepatitis B Knowledge Among Immigrant Communities in New York City
AU - Bride, Michael
AU - Perumalswami, Ponni V.
AU - Ly van Manh, Alexandre
AU - Jandorf, Lina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) among New York City immigrants. Data were obtained from cohort of 2385 persons at-risk for HBV, who completed a knowledge assessment survey during HBV screening events in 2010–2013. HBV knowledge scores were very low among the tested population, with the majority answering every question incorrectly. Participants had higher odds of obtaining a better score if they were fluent in English or born in the US, where participants had lower odds if they were born in Africa or spoke French as their native language. Results show a distinct lack of HBV knowledge among multiple communities at risk for HBV. Future research is needed to evaluate effective interventions to increase HBV knowledge in foreign-born, at-risk communities.
AB - The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) among New York City immigrants. Data were obtained from cohort of 2385 persons at-risk for HBV, who completed a knowledge assessment survey during HBV screening events in 2010–2013. HBV knowledge scores were very low among the tested population, with the majority answering every question incorrectly. Participants had higher odds of obtaining a better score if they were fluent in English or born in the US, where participants had lower odds if they were born in Africa or spoke French as their native language. Results show a distinct lack of HBV knowledge among multiple communities at risk for HBV. Future research is needed to evaluate effective interventions to increase HBV knowledge in foreign-born, at-risk communities.
KW - Hepatitis B
KW - Knowledge assessment
KW - New York City
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017179033&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10903-017-0571-y
DO - 10.1007/s10903-017-0571-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 28389832
AN - SCOPUS:85017179033
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 20
SP - 502
EP - 506
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 2
ER -