The Impact Of Hepatitis B Knowledge and Stigma on Screening in Canadian Chinese Persons

Dorothy Li; Taryn Tang; Matt Patterson; Michael Ho; Jenny Heathcote; Hemant Shah

doi:10.1155/2012/705094

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2012)

The Impact Of Hepatitis B Knowledge and Stigma on Screening in Canadian Chinese Persons

Dorothy Li,
Taryn Tang,
Matt Patterson,
Michael Ho,
Jenny Heathcote,
Hemant Shah

Affiliations

Dorothy Li: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Taryn Tang: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
Matt Patterson: Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada
Michael Ho: Family Physician, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jenny Heathcote: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Hemant Shah: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/705094
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 597 – 602

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is endemic in East Asia, and those who emigrate to North America have higher rates of CHB infection when compared with the general population. To date, Chinese persons residing in Canada have not been mandated to be screened for CHB infection.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjgh/

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