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2010
HBI-DC organizes free education, screening and vaccination events in collaboration with a faith-based community organization in Washington DC, targeting a high-risk group of Vietnamese Americans.
HBI-DC embarks on coalition building with leaders of African newcomer communities to expand outreach and also begins to develop culturally and linguistically sensitive materials.
2009
HBI-DC organizes free education, screening and vaccination events in collaboration with faith-based community organizations in Columbia MD and Washington DC, targeting high-risk groups of Chinese Americans, Korean Americans, Black Americans, and African newcomers.
HBI-DC establishes a partnership with the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services to provide practicum opportunities.
HBI-DC Executive Director co-chairs the newly established Hep B-Free DC Network. The purpose of this network is (1) to provide a forum for the exchange of information about Hepatitis B-related medical care, screening, vaccination, education, and other services by representatives of those providers, and (2) to promote collaboration between medical practitioners, health care providers, public health professionals, researchers, and community health advocates providing Hepatitis B-related services to communities in the District of Columbia metropolitan area (Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland).
2008
HBI-DC publishes “Public Health Model for Prevention of Liver Cancer Among Asian Americans” in Journal of Community Health. “During 2003–2006, a total of 1,775 persons were tested for HBV infection through the HBI-DC program. Of all the participants, 2% (n = 35) were tested HBV positive (HbsAg+, HbsAb − ), 37% (n = 651) were HBV negative but protected (HbsAg − , HbsAb+), and 61% (n = 1089) were unprotected (HbsAg − , HbsAb − ). About 79% completed 3-shot vaccine series.” This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hepatitis Foundation International, Inova Health System Foundation, Inova’s Congregational Health Partnership, and the Inova Reference Laboratory, and Merck & Co., Inc.
In response to a request brought forth by the HBI-Boston, Governor Deval Patrick proclaims May 19th, 2008 to be MA Hepatitis Awareness Day.
2007
In partnership with the Office of Minority Health, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations and the Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum, HBI-DC creates a toolkit for faith-based organizations to raise awareness about hepatitis B.
HBI-Boston organizes the first hepatitis B and liver cancer run/walk on the East Coast in conjunction with the Asian Liver Center (ALC) at Stanford University and the Answer to Cancer Foundation (A2C)! The tremendously successful USATF-sanctioned and certified, timed road-race took place on April 28, 2007 and had more than 350 runners and raised over $21,000 for hepatitis B screenings and vaccinations.
HBI-DC attains nonprofit 501(c)(3) status and builds stronger coalitions. HBI-DC establishes a partnership with the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society.
2006
HBI-DC launches national outreach to Asian American pastors. Screenings and vaccinations continue with local Korean and Chinese churches.
HBI-Boston sets up a third clinic site at the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center in order to better serve the Dorchester’s Vietnamese-American population. At the same time, HBI-Boston significantly increases its outreach efforts in the Vietnamese-American community.
Under new leadership, HBI-DC is incorporated as the Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington D.C. Inc. HBI-DC initiates critical work according to the four-year strategic plan.
2005
HBI-DC assists seven Korean churches in the DC, MD, and VA area with setting up hepatitis B education, free screening, and vaccination events. HBI-DC also launched a pilot program for developing a faith-based model for Chinese communities.
2004
HBI-DC hosts the first Pastor's Luncheon for Korean pastors in the DC metro area to brainstorm ways of addressing hepatitis B prevention in their congregations. HBI-DC celebrates API Heritage Month and Hepatitis Awareness Month with
an educational seminar in English and Korean and a focus group to review
existing national Korean language materials for hepatitis B. Hsu speaks
at Hepatitis B Foundation and Bristol-Myers Squibb "AIM
for the B" educational forum. HBI is being taught as a case
study in Harvard Medical School's Physician in Community Spring 2004
course.
2003
The name of the organization was shortened from The Hepatitis B Education
and Prevention in Boston Initiative to The Hepatitis B Initiative (HBI).
Leslie Hsu and husband, Thomas Oh, launches faith-based hepatitis B
initiative in DC metro area. Hsu testifies
in front of President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders. Here is a copy of her testimony.
Hsu is also nominated as Northeast Regional Director of the National
Taskforce on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asians and Pacific Islanders and
Board member of the National Viral Hepatitis
Roundtable.
2002
To celebrate HBI's fifth anniversary a retreat was organized in October,
where co-founder Leslie Hsu and many former HBI student leaders and
advisors gathered to discuss the future of HBI. One product of the retreat
was a Reorganization Steering Committee, which was formed to assist
with continuity issues of the organization. Subway ad campaign was designed.
5
year anniversary Retreat
2001
Sharewood
clinic was relocated to Malden, Massachusetts. Outreach events were
held at the DragonBoat Festival and Autumn Moon Festival. Begin discussions
to expand to Dorchester, Massachusetts, chaperoning several groups of
Vietnamese patients from Dorchester to Chinatown in the meantime.
2000
Improved services at South Cove Community Health Center and Sharewood
by instituting full panel screenings. Began outreach to providers by
creating packets for Chinese and Vietnamese doctors. Results from patient
surveys indicate that word of mouth recommendation is the best outreach
method.
1999
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (at that time known as
Health Care Financing Administration) threw a kick off event on March
30 at South Cove Community Health Center. An Advisory Board was set
up of leaders from the community, faculty, and representaties of the
Department of Health. This web site was launched. A video
about HBI was created and featured on the Surgeon General's web
site as a model program.
1998
In January, the mass media campaign was launched in Boston Chinatown.
A Toll-free line was setup. Community leaders walked us through Chinatown
putting up posters and brochures, information kits for local newspapers
and schools, talks at neighborhood council meetings, skits performed
at health fairs, and appearances on local radio talk shows. A "big
sibling" program was set up so that patients were paired with students
who could provide one-on-one hepatitis B education. Incentives were
offered to encourage patients to return for follow-up visits. Volunteer
manuals were developed as the program expanded and new students became
involved.
1997
Leslie D. Hsu who was a first year student at Harvard School of Public
Health and Michael K. Tran who was a first year student at Harvard Medical
School founded The Hepatitis B Education and Prevention in Boston Initiative
(HEP B Initiative). They recruited students from other professional
schools in the area and organized them into four teams.
The
needs assessment team interviewed local community, medical, and government
leaders, met with faculty advisors, conducted surveys of AAPI youth
at local health fairs, researched model vaccination programs, and identified
key business, government, and foundation contacts for resource development.
The
clinic team began discussions with South Cove Community Health Center
and Sharewood Health Clinic, as possible screening/vaccination sites.
Beth
Irael-Deaconess Medical Center donated 400 hepatitis B screenings and
Merck & Co. donated 600 doses of hepatitis B vaccines.
The
outreach team worked with the community to develop storefront posters
and brochures in Chinese, English, and Vietnamese. The resource team
worked on getting funding and in-kind donations like Ben and Jerry's
free ice cream coupons or McDonald's coupons that we could offer those
that came in for their screenings.
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