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August 2003, Vol 93, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1250-1252
© 2003 American Public Health Association

FIELD ACTION REPORT

Student Leadership in Public Health Advocacy: Lessons Learned From the Hepatitis B Initiative

Leslie D. Hsu, MS, William DeJong, PhD, Renee Hsia, AB, Michael Chang, BS, Marvin Ryou, BA and Ellen Yeh, BA

Leslie D. Hsu is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. William DeJong is with the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. All of the authors have worked with the Hepatitis B Initiative. Renee Hsia, Michael Chang, and Marvin Ryou are students at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; and Ellen Yeh is a student at Harvard College, Boston, Mass.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to William DeJong, PhD, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118 (e-mail: wdejong{at}bu.edu).

Increasing hepatitis B vaccination rates for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is a priority. Laws requiring vaccination prior to school enrollment have helped, yet many youths remain unvaccinated.

The Hepatitis B Initiative (HBI), launched in 1997 and operated by public health and medical school students, provides free screenings and vaccinations to Boston’s Asian American/Pacific Islander community, with a focus on youths.

By October 2002, 997 HBI patients from Boston’s Chinatown had received free hepatitis B screenings. Of these, 384 patients (39%) were deemed susceptible to the hepatitis B virus and provided with free vaccination.






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