6th Annual Youth Leadership Conference on Asian and Pacific Islander Health 2008
YLC's 2008's theme focused on actual healthcare issues that are recognized by the World Health Organization as global health concerns. After learning about the biological basis of hepatitis B and how to conduct outreach and education programs, students developed their own outreach programs to combat one of the following scenarios:
Scenario I: Discrimination in China
As part of the Asian Liver Center, a health-interest non-profit organization, you and your team have been asked by the World Health Organization to plan and implement a nationwide campaign in China to stop the discrimination of people with hepatitis B. The main focus of your project should be to educate school administrators about hepatitis B transmission in order to stop discrimination in the schools and colleges. While China does have legislation in place to protect people against this type of discrimination, the legislation is weak and not always enforced. The ultimate goal of this project is to have stronger legislation enacted in order to protect people with hepatitis B and other diseases from discrimination. Articles detailing the issue of discrimination in China have been provided for you in your YLC handbook.
Scenario II: Crisis in Vietnam
As part of the Asian Liver Center, a health-interest non-profit organization, you and your team have been asked by the World Health Organization to plan and implement a nationwide campaign in Vietnam to educate and urge the general public to vaccinate newborn children. Vietnam is well behind the WHO coverage goals for completing the 3 shot vaccination (HepB3) series for hepatitis B for children and providing the hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HB1OT) shot for newborns with infected mothers. While previous administration of the vaccines had shown progress, a major setback has prevented further vaccination. The death of three newborns following the administration of the initial vaccination shot has brought about the suspension of the hepatitis B vaccine from the LG Chem manufacturer (a Korean Pharmaceutical Company). The public needs to be assured that the vaccine is safe and is the appropriate course of action following the birth of a child. The ultimate goal of this project is to have Vietnam reach the WHO goal of 85% and 80% of children under 5 years of age covered by HepB3 and HB1OT respectively by 2012. Articles detailing the issue have been provided for you in your YLC handbook.
Scenario III: Unsafe Injection Practices in Thailand
As part of the Asian Liver Center, a health-interest non-profit organization, you and your team have been asked by the World Health Organization to plan and implement a campaign in Thailand to educate people about unsafe needle practices in healthcare institutions. The main focus of your project should be to educate healthcare workers and administrations in Thailand about the dangers of improper sterilization and the reuse of disposable injection materials. The end goal of this project is to set up appropriate regulations for the sterilization of needles and halt the reuse of disposable injection materials by implementing strong standard protocol laws. Articles detailing the issue of unsafe injections have been provided for you in your YLC handbook.
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Many YLC attendees become members of the Jade Ribbon Youth Council, summer interns at the Asian Liver Center (ALC), or founders of Team HBV chapters at their high schools and universities. Some ideas generated at YLC are incorporated into ALC outreach events and activities, for example, the Jade Ribbon LIVERight awareness bracelets.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Amy Yu, Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 650.724.2923
Email: amyyu@stanford.edu
Last Updated: August 27, 2009
