TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis B awareness and knowledge in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive parturient immigrant women from West Africa in the Bronx, New York
AU - Shah, Syed A.
AU - Chen, Kelsey
AU - Marneni, Shashidhar
AU - Benchekroune, Ghizlane
AU - Ariganjoye, Rafiu
AU - Purswani, Murli
AU - Adeniyi, Ayoade O.
AU - Bainbridge, Ronald
AU - Timoney, Maria T.
AU - Hagmann, Stefan
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - An increasing proportion of foreign-born residents in the Bronx, New York are African immigrants from West Africa, a region with a very high hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence. Charts of 114 HBsAg positive parturients who gave birth between 2004 and 2008 in a community hospital in the Bronx were retrospectively reviewed. Most were of West-African origin (88%). Acute hepatic inflammation was rare (4%). Active viral replication (Hepatitis B e-antigen positivity) was noted in a minority (7%), but in 3/5 (60%) HIV co-infected women. Among the West-African immigrant women who agreed to be interviewed (n = 39), only half (54%) had ever heard of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and their knowledge of HBV was mostly incomplete. This study shows that pregnancy-related health interventions may offer unique opportunities to link such women to specialist care and initiate culturally sensitive HBV-relevant education for the index case and her family.
AB - An increasing proportion of foreign-born residents in the Bronx, New York are African immigrants from West Africa, a region with a very high hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence. Charts of 114 HBsAg positive parturients who gave birth between 2004 and 2008 in a community hospital in the Bronx were retrospectively reviewed. Most were of West-African origin (88%). Acute hepatic inflammation was rare (4%). Active viral replication (Hepatitis B e-antigen positivity) was noted in a minority (7%), but in 3/5 (60%) HIV co-infected women. Among the West-African immigrant women who agreed to be interviewed (n = 39), only half (54%) had ever heard of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and their knowledge of HBV was mostly incomplete. This study shows that pregnancy-related health interventions may offer unique opportunities to link such women to specialist care and initiate culturally sensitive HBV-relevant education for the index case and her family.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-013-9914-5
DO - 10.1007/s10903-013-9914-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 24048743
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 17
SP - 302
EP - 305
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 1
ER -