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May – Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month
May 19th – World Hepatitis Day
Viral Hepatitis Awareness Event - Toolkit
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Hepatitis Awareness Event Ideas
Publicize Events on Community Calendars
On Site Training and Education for staff
Online Education Resources
Media Tools: Public Service Announcements (PSA), Brochures, Posters & Videos
World Hepatitis Day 2010 Campaign Materials
Hepatitis Awareness Event Ideas
* If you have ideas that can be added to this list or would like to coordinate an event with other agencies, reply to this email.
Site Events
§ Coordinate a special event
o Health fair or open house
o Viral hepatitis screening day. If you do not have on-site testing, partner with an organization that provides testing off-site or on a mobile unit
o Viral hepatitis education breakfast, lunch or dinner
o Memorial for people who have passed away from viral hepatitis
o Party
§ Set up a table with viral hepatitis posters as a backdrop, public health brochures to distribute, and a knowledgeable staff member, peer or patient advocate to answer questions
§ Play viral hepatitis education videos in waiting rooms throughout awareness day. (See ordering section below)
§ Ask a patient living with viral hepatitis at your organization to speak to health education groups
§ Create an art project, such as a mural or a song, to commemorate Hepatitis Awareness Month
Staff Education & Awareness
§ Write your own organization: Viral Hepatitis Proclamation
§ Resolve to ask every patient about their risk for viral hepatitis during the month of May
§ Provide staff at your organization with a list of conferences, seminars and events and encourage them to attend during the month of May. (See Staff Education section below)
§ Add Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month to your organization’s staff meeting agenda
§ Arrange for a speaker or training on site for your staff. (See Onsite Training section below)
Local Community Awareness & Outreach
§ Send a force of Peer Outreach Workers to the streets with viral hepatitis public health materials
§ Distribute viral hepatitis information and vaccination information to local cultural or faith based organizations, schools, housing associations, businesses, and cultural centers
§ Include Hepatitis Awareness Month information in your organization’s newsletter, weekly bulletin or local community newspaper or e-letter
§ Include a hepatitis patient story in your agency’s news-letter, weekly bulletin or local community newspaper
§ Post free viral hepatitis screening and vaccination locations in your community
§ Contact your local elected official and ask them to recognize World Hepatitis Day
Citywide Events
§ There are plans underway for a citywide event May 19th and May 20th. Stay tuned for more info!
§ Get a group together to participate in the Liver Life Walk. American Liver Foundation. June 6th, Battery Park City . Join the NYC Viral Hepatitis Task Force Team!
Publicize Events on Community Calendars
NYC Hepatitis B Coalition Calendar
§ To post and event, contact Justin Wu justina.wu@nyumc.org 212.263.8198
NYC Hepatitis C Task Force Calendar
§ To post and event, contact njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
Department of Health Community Affairs - Event Calendar
§ The Event Calendar lists health-related events of interest to the community that are open to the public.
§ To post an event on the calendar, please call (212) 788-4735.
New York 1 Community Calendar
§ NY 1 News lists community event on our website and displays selected listings on the newschannel at the end of every hour. To see current listings, view the current Community Calendar
§ To submit and event, complete the following form: http://www.ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/community_calendar/submit_your_event/
On Site Training, Education and Support
§ DOHMH Viral Hepatitis Trainings & Speaking Engagements:
o Nirah Johnson , LMSW ~ njohnso2@health.nyc.gov ~ viral hepatitis related speaking engagements & training
o Ann Drobnik , MPH ~ adrobnik@health.nyc.gov ~ viral hepatitis related speaking engagements & training
o Renee Rich, Community Relations ~ rsimms@health.nyc.gov ~ Immunization Workshops, Presentations, Health Fairs
o Julie Lazeroff, MPH ~ jlazarof@health.nyc.gov ~ Perinatal Hep B Program staff will provide support and info at awareness day events in English, French & Chinese languages
Online Education Resources
§ Center for Disease Control. Hepatitis Info
§ Clinical Care Options. Hepatitis CME and Provider Education Programs
§ Hepatitis Web Study: Funded by the CDC.
§ Hepatitis C University. Web Study ~ Project of OASIS.
§ American Liver Foundation
§ Asian Liver Center at Stanford University
§ BFree CEED
§ Hepatitis B Foundation
§ Immunization Action Coalition. Includes Vaccine Information Statement Sheets.
Media Tools: Public Service Announcements (PSA), Brochures, Posters & Videos
§ American Liver Foundation (ALF) ~ Brochures & Poster in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Spanish, Swahili, and Vietnamese
§ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ~ Brochures
§ Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC) ~ Brochures, booklets, posters & video
§ HBV Advocate ~ Educational Materials
§ HCV Advocate ~ Educational Materials
§ Health Body Healthy Mind TV Series. Hepatitis B & C Episodes ~ Infectious Disease Section
§ Immunization Action Coalition ~ Print Materials in multiple languages ~ Hepatitis B – Video PSAs
§ NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ~ Brochures, booklets & other publications
§ NYS DOH Viral Hepatitis ~ See Materials Order form on the left side bar. NYS DOH Hepatitis C PSA Campaign
World Hepatitis Day 2010 Campaign Materials ~ www.aminumber12.org
§ The World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) has developed campaign materials for World Hepatitis Day 2010. The materials can be viewed and downloaded from the World Hepatitis Day website
§ Includes Poster, Postcards, Web Banners, Fact Sheets, & Logos in multiple languages. A website will soon be available with ‘edit-able’ versions of the campaign materials.
If you would like to suggest ways to make this toolkit more creative, useful and inspiring, please reply to this email with suggestions!
Nirah Johnson, LMSW ~ Community Projects Specialist
Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination ~ NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
125 Worth Street, Room 326. New York , NY 10013 ~ (212) 341-0432 ~ njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination Website
NYC Hepatitis B Coalition Website
NYC Hepatitis C Task Force Google Group
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