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Current Hepatology Reports
Erschienen in: Current Hepatology Reports 3/2019

24.07.2019 | Hepatitis B (JK Lim, Section Editor)

Community-Based Strategies to Improve Screening, Diagnosis and Linkage to Care for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

verfasst von: Monica Robotin, Jacob George

Erschienen in: Current Hepatology Reports | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) places 3.5% of the world population at risk of dying from liver failure or liver cancer. Effective antiviral therapies can change disease outcomes, provided that CHB screening and linkage to care can be delivered at population level, to reach the vast numbers of undiagnosed people. We therefore reviewed the experience of community-based CHB screening programs reported in the English literature since 2014.

Recent Findings

Twenty papers met eligibility criteria and only one originated from a low-income country. The two randomised studies found that culturally tailored hepatitis education increased hepatitis testing. Successful linkage to care was facilitated by partnerships with community-based organisations and the use of bilingual patient navigators. Point of care testing and chain referral sampling were successfully tested in two programs.

Summary

These studies demonstrated that community-based interventions can screen large numbers of people and could deliver the population-level outcomes required to meet the WHO targets of hepatitis B elimination.
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Metadaten
Titel
Community-Based Strategies to Improve Screening, Diagnosis and Linkage to Care for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
verfasst von
Monica Robotin
Jacob George
Publikationsdatum
24.07.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Hepatology Reports / Ausgabe 3/2019
Elektronische ISSN: 2195-9595
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11901-019-00485-x

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