April 28-29: Hepatitis B Screening and Health Fair
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Minh Nguyen
Apr 25, 2012, 1:07:41 PM4/25/12
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to share an exciting event that is coming up next weekend:
Who: 600 people at high risk for Hepatitis B, Tulane APAMSA and YOU
What: Hepatitis B screening and health fair (which includes the usual clinical health fair stuff!)
When:
Saturday, April 28, 2012: 9a.m.-5p.m. in Marrero, LA
Sunday, April 29, 2012: 9a.m.-4p.m. in Avondale, LA
Where: Saturday location: St Agnes Le Thi Thanh 6851 Saint Le Thi Thanh Street (also known as 8TH St), Marrero, LA 70072 (Google maps directions from SOM: http://g.co/maps/d9duv)
Sunday location: Duc Me Len Troi Catholic Church Assumption of Mary Church, 171 Noel Drive, Avondale, LA (Google maps directions from SOM: http://g.co/maps/46ahg)
Why: Help save 60 lives in just a few hours! And enjoy a delicious free Vietnamese lunch! (And if you carpool with at least 2 other people, we will also reimburse you for gas)
How: Please sign up here by Wednesday 4/25→ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGx5NVhMbHlMT2VWM05SLXVMZmRtY1E6MQ
The HepB screening initiative is long overdue for the large Vietnamese communities of New Orleans because 1 in every 10 Asian Americans are living with chronic Hepatitis B (compared to 1 in 250 folks in the general public) and most don't even know what it is, let alone if they are infected. Of those who have Hepatitis B, 1 in 4 will die of liver cancer, cirrhosis or liver failure. Unlike Hepatitis A and C, most Asians acquire HepB at birth from their mothers.
For everyone who came out to the Lunar New Year HepB screening event in January, we cannot thank you enough! With your enthusiasm and relentless efforts, we were able to screen over 400 people in just two days. Of those within the target population, 39 were found to be positive for Hepatitis B (~12%). All were contacted about their status and every single person of the 39 have returned for follow ups!
This coming weekend, we are planning a similar large-scale screening event that will take place at two community churches on the Westbank. Our goal is to screen 600 people next weekend and we can’t do this without your help. Non-Tulane folks are more than welcome to volunteer as well! No medical experience is necessary!
Please sign up here by Wednesday 4/25: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGx5NVhMbHlMT2VWM05SLXVMZmRtY1E6MQ
Who: 600 people at high risk for Hepatitis B, Tulane APAMSA and YOU
What: Hepatitis B screening and health fair (which includes the usual clinical health fair stuff!)
When:
Saturday, April 28, 2012: 9a.m.-5p.m. in Marrero, LA
Sunday, April 29, 2012: 9a.m.-4p.m. in Avondale, LA
Where: Saturday location: St Agnes Le Thi Thanh 6851 Saint Le Thi Thanh Street (also known as 8TH St), Marrero, LA 70072 (Google maps directions from SOM: http://g.co/maps/d9duv)
Sunday location: Duc Me Len Troi Catholic Church Assumption of Mary Church, 171 Noel Drive, Avondale, LA (Google maps directions from SOM: http://g.co/maps/46ahg)
Why: Help save 60 lives in just a few hours! And enjoy a delicious free Vietnamese lunch! (And if you carpool with at least 2 other people, we will also reimburse you for gas)
How: Please sign up here by Wednesday 4/25→ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGx5NVhMbHlMT2VWM05SLXVMZmRtY1E6MQ
The HepB screening initiative is long overdue for the large Vietnamese communities of New Orleans because 1 in every 10 Asian Americans are living with chronic Hepatitis B (compared to 1 in 250 folks in the general public) and most don't even know what it is, let alone if they are infected. Of those who have Hepatitis B, 1 in 4 will die of liver cancer, cirrhosis or liver failure. Unlike Hepatitis A and C, most Asians acquire HepB at birth from their mothers.
For everyone who came out to the Lunar New Year HepB screening event in January, we cannot thank you enough! With your enthusiasm and relentless efforts, we were able to screen over 400 people in just two days. Of those within the target population, 39 were found to be positive for Hepatitis B (~12%). All were contacted about their status and every single person of the 39 have returned for follow ups!
This coming weekend, we are planning a similar large-scale screening event that will take place at two community churches on the Westbank. Our goal is to screen 600 people next weekend and we can’t do this without your help. Non-Tulane folks are more than welcome to volunteer as well! No medical experience is necessary!
Please sign up here by Wednesday 4/25: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGx5NVhMbHlMT2VWM05SLXVMZmRtY1E6MQ
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
Mingyang Liu
MD/MPH Candidate, Class of 2015
Tulane University
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