title: Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Knowledge Among Vietnamese Americans: A Population-Based Survey.
abstract: Vietnamese Americans have high rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection but low rates of knowledge and screening. A population-based survey conducted in 2011 of Vietnamese Americans in two geographic areas (n = 1666) was analyzed. The outcome variables were having heard of HBV and a score summarizing knowledge of HBV transmission. Most respondents (86.0%) had heard of HBV. Correct knowledge of transmission ranged from 59.5% for sex, 68.1% for sharing toothbrushes, 78.6% for during birth, and 85.0% for sharing needles. In multivariable analyses, factors associated with having heard of HBV and higher knowledge included Northern California residence, longer U.S. residence, higher education, family history of HBV, and discussing HBV with family/friends. Higher income was associated with having heard of HBV. English fluency and being U.S.-born were associated with higher knowledge. Interventions to increase knowledge of HBV transmission are needed to decrease this health disparity among Vietnamese Americans.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. janet.chu@uscf.edu.|Asian American Research Center on Health, San Francisco, CA, USA. janet.chu@uscf.edu.
authors.forename: Janet N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.|School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Phuoc V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Le
authors.affiliation: Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Chris J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.|Asian American Research Center on Health, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McPhee
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.|Asian American Research Center on Health, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ching
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.|Asian American Research Center on Health, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Tung T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002140:California; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014744:Vietnam; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Asian American; Health disparities; Hepatitis B; Liver disease; Vietnamese American