TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with hepatitis c knowledge before and after an educational intervention among vietnamese Americans
AU - Lee, Sunmin
AU - Zhai, Shumenghui
AU - Zhang, Guo Yolanda
AU - Ma, Xiang S.
AU - Lu, Xiaoxiao
AU - Tan, Yin
AU - Siu, Philip
AU - Seals, Brenda
AU - Ma, Grace X.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/10/29
Y1 - 2015/10/29
N2 - BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and cancer. Vietnamese Americans are at high risk of HCV infection, with men having the highest US incidence of liver cancer. This study examines an intervention to improve HCV knowledge among Vietnamese Americans. STUDY: Seven Vietnamese community-based organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey recruited a total of 306 Vietnamese participants from 2010 to 2011. RESULTS: Average knowledge scores for pretest and posttest were 3.32 and 5.88, respectively (maximum 10). After adjusting for confounding variables, age and higher education were positively associated with higher pretest scores and having a physician who spoke English or Vietnamese was negatively associated with higher pretest scores. Additionally, after adjusting for confounding variables, household income, education, and having an HCV-infected family member significantly increased knowledge scores. CONCLUSIONS: Promotion and development of HCV educational programs can increase HCV knowledge among race and ethnic groups, such as Vietnamese Americans. Giving timely information to at-risk groups provides the opportunity to correct misconceptions, decrease HCV risk behaviors, and encourage testing that might improve timely HCV diagnosis and treatment.
AB - BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and cancer. Vietnamese Americans are at high risk of HCV infection, with men having the highest US incidence of liver cancer. This study examines an intervention to improve HCV knowledge among Vietnamese Americans. STUDY: Seven Vietnamese community-based organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey recruited a total of 306 Vietnamese participants from 2010 to 2011. RESULTS: Average knowledge scores for pretest and posttest were 3.32 and 5.88, respectively (maximum 10). After adjusting for confounding variables, age and higher education were positively associated with higher pretest scores and having a physician who spoke English or Vietnamese was negatively associated with higher pretest scores. Additionally, after adjusting for confounding variables, household income, education, and having an HCV-infected family member significantly increased knowledge scores. CONCLUSIONS: Promotion and development of HCV educational programs can increase HCV knowledge among race and ethnic groups, such as Vietnamese Americans. Giving timely information to at-risk groups provides the opportunity to correct misconceptions, decrease HCV risk behaviors, and encourage testing that might improve timely HCV diagnosis and treatment.
KW - Hepatitis C
KW - Liver cancer
KW - Vietnamese
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U2 - 10.4137/CGast.S24737
DO - 10.4137/CGast.S24737
M3 - Article
C2 - 26561280
SN - 1179-5522
VL - 8
SP - 45
EP - 53
JO - Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology
JF - Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology
ER -