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Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C
American College of Physicians, 159
American Indians and Alaska Natives, 29 , 62 , 81 , 93 , 129 , 131 , 168
Anti–tumor-necrosis factor therapy, 162
Asian American Hepatitis B Program, 92
Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs).
See also Foreign-born
access to care, 56 , 169
educational programs for, 87 , 92 , 93 , 153 , 183
health-care providers, 82
incidence and prevalence of HBV infection, 1 -2 , 23 , 27 , 29 , 81 -82 , 83 , 93 , 117 -118 , 153 -154 , 161 , 183 , 184 -185
knowledge and awareness of HBV, 13 , 82 , 89 -90 , 173
liver cancer, 29 , 153 -154 , 169
medical management of hepatitis, 183
risk of HBV, 90
screening/testing, 161 , 173
surveillance, 32 , 62 , 68
treatment disparities, 169
vaccination, 10 , 90 , 92 , 116 , 117 -118 , 161 -162
Aspartate transaminase, 49 , 167
Asymptomatic infected individuals, awareness of infection, 1 , 3 , 24 , 26 , 27 , 50 , 51 , 90
At-risk populations.
See also Foreign-born populations;
Illicit-drug users;
Incarcerated populations;
Men who have sex with men;
Pregnant women
access to services, 3 , 56 , 79
defined, 27 , 86 , 156
education programs, 4 , 14 , 85 -86 , 92 -93 , 95 -96 , 97 , 98 -100
health service provider knowledge of, 80 , 81 -84 , 89
immunization, 4 , 9 , 10 -11 , 27 , 81 , 93 , 113 , 120 -125
knowledge and awareness of hepatitis, 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 34 , 89 -91 , 93 -96
prevalence and incidence of hepatitis, 62 , 81
recommendations, 16 -17
screening and testing, 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 13 -14 , 16 , 27 , 71 -72 , 85 , 86 , 97 , 124 -125 , 148 , 153 , 155 , 156 -159 , 161 , 173
services, 3 , 5 , 6 , 13 , 16 -17 , 56 , 79 , 149 , 189 -192
surveillance, 2 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 61 -62 , 67 , 68 , 71 -72
Awareness. See Knowledge and awareness of chronic hepatitis
B
Baltimore, 28 , 92 , 122 -123 , 190
Blacks. See African Americans/Blacks
Blood transfusions, 2 , 21 , 24 , 28 , 50 , 83 , 84 , 151 , 158
Brachial neuritis, 32
Brazil, 138
Breastfeeding, 84
Bureau of Primary Health Care, 151
C
California, 58 , 81 , 83 , 89 , 99 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 173 , 174 , 182 , 183 , 186
Cambodian Americans, 90 , 92
Cancer chemotherapy, 162
Case definitions for hepatitis, 7 , 48 -49 , 50 , 51 , 52 -53 , 54 , 55 , 65 , 68 , 69
Case management, 43 , 45 -46 , 57 -58 , 62 -63 , 65 , 68 , 70 , 72
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2
Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine Initiative, 129
case definitions for hepatitis B and C, 48 -49 , 50 , 52 -53 , 54 , 55 , 68
Division of Viral Hepatitis, 150 -151
educational programs, 4 , 8 -9 , 86 , 87 , 97 , 96
Emerging Infections Program, 43 , 58 , 59
Epidemiologic Surveillance Project, 60
estimates of hepatitis burden, 25 , 26 , 27 , 62 , 120 , 182 , 189
National Immunization Program, 126
NEDSS, 61
NETSS, 60 -61 , 64
partner services guidelines, 63
PHIN-compliant systems, 64 , 70
prevention and control recommendations of, 30
resource allocation for services, 5 -6 , 14 , 15 , 16 -17 , 26 , 42 , 54 , 126 -127 , 148 -150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 175 , 183 , 186 , 192