• To create public and healthcare provider awareness about the importance of testing & vaccinating APIAs for hepatitis B.
• To promote routine hepatitis B testing and vaccination within the primary care medical community.
• To ensure access to treatment for chronically infected individuals.

STRATEGIES
Public Awareness

• Create a public awareness & education campaign via advertising, news stories, public service announcements and events.
• Create citywide collaboration to eliminate the transmission of hepatitis B virus by improving access to services.
• Create hepatitis B educational opportunities for primary care clinicians.

Screening

• Provide free or low-cost testing at community and healthcare settings and events.
• Promote testing for insured patients within the primary care medical community.

Vaccination

• Provide free or low-cost vaccination through hospital programs, community clinics & special sites.
• Promote vaccination of insured patients within the primary care medical community.

Treatment / Follow-up

• Refer patients to their primary care physician or to appropriate clinical sites for follow-up & care.
• Promote care of insured persons within the primary care medical community.
• Support primary care clinicians with access to hepatitis B educational venues.

STEERING COMMITTEE

• San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Asian Liver Center at Stanford University
• AsianWeek Foundation.

BACKGROUND

• In Nov. 2006 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution establishing a goal of universal hepatitis B testing and vaccination for all APIA residents of San Francisco. This was endorsed by the Health Commission in Dec. 2006.
• APIA residents comprise 34% of San Francisco's population.