Hepatitis B
Conditions
Keywords
Hepatitis B, Prevalence, HBsAg, Vaccination, Galilee
Brief summary
Primary Aims: 1. Evaluate HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) infection prevalence among Druze in the Galilee. 2. Educate the population in order to reduce transmission 3. Increase awareness among primary care providers Secondary Aims: 1. Identify chronic HBV infected patients who need to be followed and treated, 2. Identify HBV infected women in a childbearing age 3. Identify non immunized individuals and recommend vaccination 4. Identify previously vaccinated individuals who are not immunized 5. Identify previously vaccinated individuals who became infected Study Design: Study population is targeted to native Israeli Druze. We aim for evaluating up to 20,000 people from Druze communities in the Galilee area This work will be divided into three sections: 1. Increasing awareness: lectures and local events will be taken place in the communities. Written information will be given and primary care-providers mainly family doctors, nurses and obstetric surgeons will be involved. 2. All participants, upon signing a consent will: * Fill up a questioner * Checked for weight, height and waist circumflex * Have a blood sample taken 3. Results and recommendations will be forwarded to all participants
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All consent adults who are 18 year old or older
Exclusion criteria
* Individuals younger than 18 year old * Individuals who cannot or will not sign consent
Outcome results
None listed