Hepatitis B Summary
Community Health Education at Student-Run Clinics for Hepatitis B
Summary
Oftentimes student-run clinics (SCRs) can be important healthcare safety nets for underserved populations, their efficacy for improving patient health knowledge has not been thoroughly explored (Ouyang, Yuan, Sheu, Lau, Chen, Lai, 2013). From September 2011 to April 2012, a study was done by assessing patients’ retention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) knowledge after receiving student-led education at two student-run HBV screening and vaccination clinics. Patient education was provided by trained first and second-year medical, nursing, and pharmacy students, aided by a script and interpreters (Ouyang et al, 2013). Patient knowledge of HBV was evaluated at three points: before …show more content…
Recent studies have shown that SRCs can in fact provide effective preventive healthcare as well as other disease management services such as mental health care, diabetes care, and smoking cessation counseling (Ouyang et al, 2013). Students volunteering in SRCs may also serve an important role in educating patients on public health issues, such as preventive practices. According to the Ouyan et al’s article “Community Health”, there has yet to be widespread adoption and utilization of these educational methods, and studies have demonstrated conflicting results on whether these interventions improve patients’ health knowledge for significant periods of …show more content…
Patient knowledge was assessed by the administration of a knowledge survey before structured education, after structured education at the end of the screening visit, and at one-month follow-up. This study was organized by students of UCSF’s San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative, which is a health professional student-run volunteer organization, and was conducted at two monthly SRCs affiliated with UCSF and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. All new patients who presented to the two clinics in the area between September 2011 and April 2012 were invited to take the survey (Ouyang et al,
Summary
Oftentimes student-run clinics (SCRs) can be important healthcare safety nets for underserved populations, their efficacy for improving patient health knowledge has not been thoroughly explored (Ouyang, Yuan, Sheu, Lau, Chen, Lai, 2013). From September 2011 to April 2012, a study was done by assessing patients’ retention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) knowledge after receiving student-led education at two student-run HBV screening and vaccination clinics. Patient education was provided by trained first and second-year medical, nursing, and pharmacy students, aided by a script and interpreters (Ouyang et al, 2013). Patient knowledge of HBV was evaluated at three points: before …show more content…
Recent studies have shown that SRCs can in fact provide effective preventive healthcare as well as other disease management services such as mental health care, diabetes care, and smoking cessation counseling (Ouyang et al, 2013). Students volunteering in SRCs may also serve an important role in educating patients on public health issues, such as preventive practices. According to the Ouyan et al’s article “Community Health”, there has yet to be widespread adoption and utilization of these educational methods, and studies have demonstrated conflicting results on whether these interventions improve patients’ health knowledge for significant periods of …show more content…
Patient knowledge was assessed by the administration of a knowledge survey before structured education, after structured education at the end of the screening visit, and at one-month follow-up. This study was organized by students of UCSF’s San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative, which is a health professional student-run volunteer organization, and was conducted at two monthly SRCs affiliated with UCSF and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. All new patients who presented to the two clinics in the area between September 2011 and April 2012 were invited to take the survey (Ouyang et al,