Disease Transmission The disease is transmitted via primarily blood and secondarily to other bodily fluids. The major route of transmission is vertical, "from the chronic carrier dam to the developing embryo," (McLachlan 1991 p
The physician told me that for someone with my degree of health, the main thing is to attempt to prevent any further inflammations or flare up of this virus. He said that as long as I continue to maintain my health, the only things we have to do is carefully monitor my liver, primarily with blood tests, and to stay cognizant of any other potential hazardous effects to related bodily functions (Dugdale, 2010)
There are tests to screen collected blood for hepatitis B virus. (Jonnalagadda, 2004) There is still controversy regarding screening of patients with chronic HBV infection for hepatocellular carcinoma through use of alpha-fetoprotein measurement, or ultra-sonography
They have also noted that low risk patients for hepatocellular carcinoma should have annual screening, if desired. (Lin; Kirchner, 2004, p
The estimate of chronic carriers of Hepatitis B is 350 million and that is 5% of the population of the world. (Mac Arthur, 2001, p
Among the chronically infected individuals, 15 to 25% finally end up with cirrhosis or hepatocellular cancer. (Swinker, 1997, p
The chances of HBV infection after parenteral exposure to blood depends on the probability of the supposedly infected material containing hepatitis B virus antigen (HBsAg), the immune status of the infected individual, the amount of blood that is passed on and the method of exposure. (Taylor, 1996, p
However, there are many ways that patients can contract Hepatitis and any stereotypes associated with the disease may be unfairly contrived. Furthermore, these stereotypes have been known to be the basis of discriminatory practices by nurses in providing treatment to these individuals (Frazer, Glacken, Coughlan, Staines, & Daly, 2010)
S. have HCV-related chronic liver disease and about one hundred eighty million worldwide (Haley, 2015)
Census Bureau broke down rates of uninsurance by state in 2013 and found based on a survey that in North Carolina the number of uninsured people had dropped to 1.509 million, consistent with other states that did not expand its Medicare coverage (Hobban, 2014)
Community Health Nursing Plan There have been many community health programs that have created community partnerships to provide healthcare to uninsured populations that generally did not have access to healthcare previously. For example, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing's Wald Community Nursing Center worked to establish accessible health centers for the uninsured (Van Zandt, D'Lugoff, & Kelley, 2002)
e. planning the meeting, setting up the meeting, running the meeting, and follow up (Kaye, 2014)
Additionally, it is not uncommon for screening efforts to coincide with those for vaccinating individuals that test positive for this condition. One study in particular took this approach with a community of Korean-Americans via church proceedings (Ma et al