title: Hepatitis B and you: a patient education resource for pregnant women and new mothers.
abstract: An educational tool, Hepatitis B and You, has been designed to encourage women who test positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection during pregnancy to become active participants in the care required to prevent perinatal HBV transmission to their infants. Hepatitis B and You presents information at a sixth-grade reading level and uses educational strategies that are known to work with people who have low literacy skills. Preliminary evaluation shows that 86% of respondents reported that their knowledge about hepatitis B improved after reading the slide set, 85% that the information was helpful, and 95% that the format was easy to follow.
authors.affiliation: Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. hwilson@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Holly R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States