Spreading Hep B Info Working with the Chinese Community
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he South Australian Chinese community has responded enthusiastically to fibroscan clinics and hepatitis B testing organised by Hepatitis SA in the last 11 months.
Hepatitis B Community Education Chinese project
officer, Chen Bin, said Chinese people in general has a high level of interest in managing their health. “This is especially true of the middle-aged and seniors. They use their free time to look up information on the
internet and usually would take up opportunities for free health checks,” she said. “They will also sometimes tell their friends and family members of these opportunities and get them to attend as well.” She said younger members of the community are usually busier managing careers and young families and are harder to reach. “They are also less hampered by language barrier should they need health services, so are not as anxious as the older generation,” she added. Hepatitis SA’s Hepatitis B Community Education project with the Chinese community had to date engaged with over 160 participants in information sessions and distributed information resources to over 700 people.
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HEPATITIS SA COMMUNITY NEWS 75 • November 2017
