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Adding blood pressure checks to hepatitis B screening reaches ~2,300 people, but sustainability remains challenging.
Observational (n=2,298)
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health teamed with a culturally tailored, community-based organization to augment their hepatitis B screening program with blood pressure assessments. During 6 months, 2,298 people were served by the program; descriptive statistics and models were generated to describe demographics and screening and assessment results. Despite the program having good reach, sustainability was challenging. This experience draws attention to the need for invested desire to change at both the organizational and patient levels to sustain interdisciplinary provision of clinical preventive services.
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Barragan et al. (2015) conducted an observational in Hepatitis B and hypertension screening (n=2,298). Hepatitis B screening program augmented with blood pressure assessments was evaluated on Program reach, demographics, and screening and assessment results. Augmenting a community-based hepatitis B screening program with blood pressure assessments reached 2,298 individuals over 6 months, though program sustainability was challenging.
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