title: Cultural tailoring to promote hepatitis B screening in Turkish Dutch: a randomized control study.
abstract: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are an important health problem in Turkish migrants in the Netherlands. This study describes the effectiveness of a culturally tailored internet intervention promoting HBV screening in Turkish migrants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Turkish migrants, aged 16-40 years old, could participate in an online intervention offering either: (i) behaviourally plus culturally tailored (BCT) information; (ii) behaviourally tailored (BT) information or (iii) generic information (GI). Subsequently, free HBV screening was offered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 10.069 invited persons, 1512 (15%) logged in on the website and 623 people were tested. Screening uptake was 44% in the BCT group, 46% in the GI group and 44% in group BT. The BCT group showed favourable intervention effects for scores on determinants of screening when compared with baseline scores and BT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although BCT did show favourable intervention effects for several determinants addressed in the intervention, we were not able to demonstrate the added value of BCT on screening uptake.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Netherlands National Trial Register NTR 2394.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Municipal Public Health Service GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Division of Infectious Diseases Control, PO Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands y.vanderveen@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: Ytje J J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: van der Veen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Lifestyle, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pepijn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Empelen
authors.affiliation: Municipal Public Health Service GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Division of Infectious Diseases Control, PO Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Onno
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: de Zwart
authors.affiliation: Municipal Public Health Service GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Division of Infectious Diseases Control, PO Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Visser
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mackenbach
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Municipal Public Health Service GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Division of Infectious Diseases Control, PO Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan Hendrik
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Richardus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: behaviour change; cultural tailoring; hepatitis B; infectious diseases