http://blog.jaderibbon.net Behind the scenes of a Hepatitis B Testing and Vaccination Campaign Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:45:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark N. Wong, M.D., a hepatologist with Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, answers your questions in our segment called Ask a Hepatologist. Sponsored by Jade Ribbon Arizona (www.jaderibbon.net), a program of Asian Pacific Community in Action (www.apca-az.org). Hosted by Lloyd Y. Asato. Please help us spread the word that there is ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2008/01/16/ask-a-hepatologist-2/ When we designed this campaign, we thought that a key success factor would be our ability to partner with large employers to conduct workplace testing and vaccinations. Large employers, our thinking went, have lots of employees and a communication infrastructure. They also care about the health of their ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2008/01/11/a-reflection-on-our-strategy-of-workplace-testing/ Next month, I have a chance to sit down with a physician specialist in hepatitis B virus and liver disease. We are recording an interview in which he has agreed to answer my questions about hepatitis B virus, management and treatment of a chronic infection, and others. Got ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/12/18/ask-a-hepatologist/ We are planning two large-scale mass testing and vaccination events in partnership with Arizona State University. One tentatively scheduled for mid-February with the College of Nursing at the downtown campus and the other with the team at the ASU Student Health Clinic on the Tempe campus. Details to follow. We ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/12/18/jade-ribbon-arizona-update/ Thank you to everyone for participating in the meeting and webcast. The archive video of the meeting has been posted below. The Meeting Wiki will be updated shortly to reflect the discussions. Report back from conference calls, discuss and prioritize JRAC research (knowledge) efforts, discuss and prioritize outreach and marketing efforts, ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/11/28/live-webcast-28-november-2007-1100-am-mst/ There are a wonderful and amazing people who are working to prevent the spread of hepatitis B virus and we want to connect with them and hear their stories. This is why we created the Team Jade Ribbon Social Network Site powered by Elgg. We chose Elgg because it is an ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/11/27/because-it-takes-a-team/ The MP3 recording of the 21 November 2007 JRAC Conference Call is now available. The recording is 49 minutes long. CDs of the conference calls are also available. Please contact Lloyd Y. Asato to request a CD or alternative media. Show Notes and Time-stamps Producer's note: We lost the first minute of ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/11/27/21-november-2007-jrac-conference-call-mp3-podcast-cds-also-available/ Awareness Is there an immediate concern within our community about the risk posed by hepatitis B virus? What are the community's immediate concerns and can these be broadened/linked to hepatitis B virus? Does the community understand and are they aware of how hepatitis B virus affects them? Motivation Does motivation exist in our ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/11/27/questions-i-am-pondering/ Erin Peacock, MPH is the Assistant Program Director of Planning and Evaluation at the College of Public Health, University of Arizona and the evaluator for the Jade Ribbon Arizona campaign. We talk about program evaluation and its importance in project design. Please help us spread the word that there is a ... http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/11/16/erin-peacock-mph-college-of-public-health-university-of-arizona/ Updated the Jade Ribbon Arizona Campaign wiki, adding table of contents and section headings. Wiki may be found here: http://wiki.jaderibbon.net http://blog.jaderibbon.net/2007/11/16/jade-ribbon-arizona-wiki-updates/