A Case Study of a Hepatitis B Screening and Blood Pressure Assessment Program in Los Angeles County, 2012–2013

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health teamed with a culturally tailored, community-based organization to augment their hepatitis B screening program with blood pressure assessments. During 6 months, 2,298 people were served by the program; descriptive statistics and models were generate...

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Autores principales: Barragan, Noel C., Chang, Mimi, Felderman, Jennifer, Readhead, Heather, Kuo, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4329954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25674678
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140373
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Chang, Mimi
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description The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health teamed with a culturally tailored, community-based organization to augment their hepatitis B screening program with blood pressure assessments. During 6 months, 2,298 people were served by the program; descriptive statistics and models were generated to describe demographics and screening and assessment results. Despite the program having good reach, sustainability was challenging. This experience draws attention to the need for invested desire to change at both the organizational and patient levels to sustain interdisciplinary provision of clinical preventive services.
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spelling pubmed-43299542015-02-23 A Case Study of a Hepatitis B Screening and Blood Pressure Assessment Program in Los Angeles County, 2012–2013 Barragan, Noel C. Chang, Mimi Felderman, Jennifer Readhead, Heather Kuo, Tony Prev Chronic Dis Brief The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health teamed with a culturally tailored, community-based organization to augment their hepatitis B screening program with blood pressure assessments. During 6 months, 2,298 people were served by the program; descriptive statistics and models were generated to describe demographics and screening and assessment results. Despite the program having good reach, sustainability was challenging. This experience draws attention to the need for invested desire to change at both the organizational and patient levels to sustain interdisciplinary provision of clinical preventive services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4329954/ /pubmed/25674678 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140373 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Barragan, Noel C.
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Felderman, Jennifer
Readhead, Heather
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A Case Study of a Hepatitis B Screening and Blood Pressure Assessment Program in Los Angeles County, 2012–2013
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