World Hepatitis Day 2020 Going viral
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n July 28, Hepatitis SA celebrated World Hepatitis Day. Of course, this year activities had to adhere to social-distancing guidelines. To mark the occasion, we launched the Let’s Go Viral online trivia competition for all South Australians, a Let’s Talk Hep competition for people in prison and clients of peer-staffed Clean Needle Programs, and ran a quiz with the Overseas Chinese Association (see p4). South Australians who participated in the Let’s Go Viral online trivia quiz had a chance to win a one-night stay in a Piccadilly Valley View Room with breakfast included at Mount Lofty House (Travellers’ Choice ‘Best of the Best’ Award Winner in 2020). With travel bans, restrictions on socialisation,
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and a luxurious prize up for grabs, 516 people entered to win a night away, and 340 completed the bonus question for an additional raffle entry. 857 people visited the page but not all were able to enter as the draw was open only to SA residents. People throughout the world have necessarily been schooled in the facts of COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus). The trivia quiz sought to test their knowledge of this new virus, as well as other viruses found in our community. As commonly reported by the Hepatitis SA workforce, people often know some information about hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, but get confused over other aspects of these viruses, or mix up the details. This quiz aimed
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to teach participants the facts, and then test their new knowledge. Feedback about the quiz and prize was exceedingly positive. Overall, participants felt sufficiently taught and tested by the quiz, and were highly motivated to participate by the prize! One participant wrote, “This is a fantastic idea. The information is really easy to digest and the interactive elements are fun!”. K. Hauxwell from Morphett Vale won the prize. In consultation with each prison in South Australia, Hepatitis SA organised World Hepatitis Day Let’s Talk Hep quizzes. In most prisons, posters directed prisoners to call the free Hepatitis SA Helpline, and correctly answer “What date is World Hepatitis Day?” The correct
