Addressing cultural diversity: the hepatitis B clinical specialist perspective
2017
ABSTRACTObjectives:
Hepatitis Bis a viral infection primarily affecting people from
culturally diversecommunities in Australia. While vaccination prevents infection, there is increasing mortality resulting from liver damage associated with chronic infection. Deficits in the
national policyand clinical response to
hepatitis Bresult in a low diagnosis rate, inadequate testing and diagnosis processes, and poor access to
hepatitis Btreatment services. While research identifies inadequate
hepatitis Bknowledge among people with the virus and primary health care workers, this project sought to identify how specialist clinicians in Australia negotiate
cultural diversity, and provide often complex clinical information to people with
hepatitisB.Design: A vignette was developed and presented to thirteen
viral hepatitisspecialist clinicians prior to an electronically recorded interview. Recruitment continued until saturation of themes was reached. Data were thematically coded into themes outlined in the inter...
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