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The Perils of Needles to the Body

New York Times, Feburary 01, 2005

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New Mexico Launches Initiative Against Hep C

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July 2008 Heptalk Listserv

Welcome to the HepTalk Listserv. For July, we offer two articles about immunizing adolescents. Adolescents are often seen by many of you in your clinics for a variety of reasons, from prenatal care to sports physical exams, presenting a good opportunity to see if they have had their Hep B shots.


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August 2008 Heptalk Listserv

In May 2005, near its beginning, the HepTalk Project presented a
position paper, "Hepatitis Screening, Immunization and
Testing for Mobile Populations and Immigrants from
Latin America and the Caribbean" It has been updated
with new immunization guidelines. This publication clarifies
standard hepatitis immunization and testing recommendations for
these populations.

HepQuick, also newly updated, incorporates specifics for
mobile clients and recent immigrants from the position paper.

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January 2008 Heptalk Listserv

An opportunity to join live webcast on "Innovative HIV/STI Prevention Approaches."

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November/December 2007 Heptalk Listserv Archive

Includes an article about the screening of people from countries where Hep B is endemic. The second part offers resources for clients from Central America who speak languages other than Spanish, such as the indigenous Mixteco. Though the study was completed in Eastern North Carolina, the resource list presented is national in scope and very broad.

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January 2005 HepTalk Listserv

Welcome to the January 2005 edition of the Listserv. There are four parts to this edition: 1. a list of Hepatitis C Coordinators for all states with HepTalk participants; 2. Hablamos Juntos, a website with resources and information on interpreters, translations, and interpreter training; 3. a link to an article from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors on integrating HIV and hepatitis screening and prevention; 4. A funding opportunity which may be interesting to some HepTalk participants.

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Another Success for Hepatitis A Vaccine

An editorial by Carol J. Baker, M.D. from The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 357:1757-1759, October 25, 2007, Number 17.

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September 2007 HepTalk Listserv

In honor of National Adult Immunization Week,
September 24-28, we call your attention to an excellent source for patient education
materials in many different languages, some of which we have featured here before. The
IAC or Immunization Action Coalition is another one of our CDC partners in the Viral
Hepatitis Education and Training program. They offer many different kinds of patient
education materials about Hepatitis A and B vaccines. They’re easy to access and easy to
download as pdf files, so they can be printed and distributed at your clinic, and they are

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September 2006 HepTalk Listserv

Our concentration for this month (September) and next month (October) is Resources for Effective Risk Assessment. This is a primary focus of the HepTalk project, and one on which we are continuously scouting out new resources. Some of the literature and research about effective risk assessment focuses on HIV and/or gay and populations, but is also relevant for hepatitis and for a broader population.

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