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 October 2009 Update
Sample Announcement:
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has recently released its fall issue of Needle Tips, with news and information
for all health professionals who give vaccines. Also available is Vaccinate Adults, a condensed version of Needle Tips
for those who work only with adult patients.
Both publications contain H1N1 vaccine information, ready-to-print educational materials for healthcare professionals
and their patients, updated immunization schedules, vaccine news, and IAC's popular "Ask the Experts" question-and-
answer column with questions answered by CDC experts.
This is the first year in IAC's 15 year publishing history that its periodicals have been available online only, but
their content remains as fresh and reliable as ever. You can find Needle Tips at www.immunize. org/nt
and Vaccinate Adults at www.immunize. org/va.
Visit IAC's Subscribe page (www.immunize. org/subscribe) to sign up for early notifications
of future issues of these publications or to receive IAC Express, IAC's free weekly e-mail newsletter, which complements IAC's
semiannual publications. Also, please forward this message to colleagues who may benefit from these valuable immunization publications.
What's the good news?
There is a safe and effective vaccine which protects you from hepatitis B for life.
It is the FIRST ANTI-CANCER VACCINE. The vaccine is given in the form of three shots
over a period of six months. The vaccine only works if you have not been infected with
hepatitis B. All babies born in the United States since 1991 should have received the vaccine.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/peds.2009-0567v1
However, some vaccinated children are not protected. Screening can confirm this.
Keep a record of the dates and results of a panel of four blood tests.
Most children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection (persistent hepatitis B surface
antigen¨Cpositive for >6 months) are asymptomatic and do not generally require treatment.
These children are, however, at increased risk for severe complications later in life,
including advanced liver disease and liver cancer.
The link between chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC or primary liver cancer) is well established, but recent
studies have spurred renewed interest in a possible association between
HBV and pancreatic cancer, which may have important implications for
the prevention and management of this deadly cancer.
http://www.baldwinpublishing.com/.../Another_Deadly_Link_Between_HBV_and_Cancer
On September 19, 2008, CDC published updated and expanded guidelines
for testing for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and recommendations
for public health evaluation and management for chronically infected
persons and their contacts. Serologic testing for hepatitis B surface
antigen (HBsAg) is the primary way to identify persons with chronic
infection with HBV infection.
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/TestingChronic.htm
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) published
a revised version of its "Practice
Guidelines for Management of Chronic Hepatitis B" in the September
2009 issue of Hepatology. Key changes are new recommendations for first-line
and second-line antiviral therapy, reflecting the latest research on
hepatitis B virus (HBV) treatment and the recent approval of tenofovir
(Viread) for this indication.
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_b/news/2009/092209_a.html
All
our materials are developed through participatory learning development
where the target audience is involved in creating their own outreach
strategy and materials. We provide a representative group of our target
audience with a sampling of materials produced by government and nonprofit
organizations. They critic what they like or don't like about the materials
and then design their own only if existing materials are not sufficient.
Bilingual Korean/English booklet produced by members of the Christ Central Presbyterian Church and Korean Central Presbyterian Church, reviewed by national experts.
DVD For Leaders [30 MB, 7:30 minutes in length] for anyone interested in setting up hepatitis B awareness events at faith-based organizations, especially Korean churches. Produced by Scott Kwak, Higher Exposure.
DVD For Congregation [18 MB, 4:30 minutes in length] to be played during service. Produced by Scott Kwak, Higher Exposure.
Brochures
we use in Boston:
Teen brochure-English [word-front]
[word-back]
[HTML]
Teen brochure-Chinese [PDF-front]
[PDF-back]
Teen brochure-Vietnamese [PDF]
Personal Stories:
- HBI-Boston Run/Walk Video 2007.
- Testimony by HBI-DC Advisor Pastor Samuel Lee, Korean Central Presbyterian Church-Video filmed by Gilead at our National Pastor's Conference 2006.
- Testimony by
Leslie Hsu on May 7, 2003 for President's Advisory Commission on AAPIs.
- Protect
Yourself and Your Loved Ones-Jan 2003.
- Boston's Chinatown: A Safe Harbor from Hepatitis B-features interviews with founders, Leslie Hsu and Michael Tran. From 1999 through 2001, the Office of the Surgeon General highlighted a number
of community and state programs that supported important priorities as models
for action on the Surgeon General's web site. This video was one of these model programs, sponsored by Health Care Finance Administration's Boston Regional Office (now known as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), HBI-Boston and South Cove Community Health Care Center.
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