Article: The Role of the Patient-Centered Medical Home in Addressing Hepatitis B Perinatal Transmission: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center’s Hep B Moms Program

“The Role of the Patient-Centered Medical Home in Addressing Hepatitis B Perinatal Transmission: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center’s Hep B Moms Program”
Volume 12:1-2, p. 140 (2014)
by Isha Weerasinghe, Nicole Bannister, Vivian Huang, Chari Cohen, Jeffrey Caballero and Su Wang

ABSTRACT: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Each year, approximately twenty-five thousand infants are born to HBV-infected mothers, and one thou- sand newborns become infected (Barbosa et al., 2014; Ward, 2008). To prevent HBV perinatal transmission and facilitate care management, health centers should utilize a patient-centered medical home model that provides coordinated, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate services. One model is the Hep B Moms Program at Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York City.

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Isha Weerasinghe, Nicole Bannister, Vivian Huang, Chari Cohen, Jeffrey Caballero, and Su Wang (2014) The Role of the Patient-Centered Medical Home in Addressing Hepatitis B Perinatal Transmission: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center’s Hep B Moms Program. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2014, Vol. 12, No. 1-2, pp. 140-160.

https://doi.org/10.17953/appc.12.1-2.u834q144071431h3

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