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San Francisco Hep B Free
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Summary
of Planning Group Meeting ~ July 18, 2013
API Wellness Center
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September Meeting
(B A Hero Gala, Wednesday, September 18th)
Next
Meeting ~ October 17th, Kaiser (Geary)
Announcements
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Santa Clara Hepatitis B wants to model SF Hep B
clinician honor roll
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Hepatitis Action Plan
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Eric sent out emails to organizations to sign on
to SF Hep B Free letter; more than 40 have signed on
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Hep B & C Alliance Walk
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Liver Life Walk on Sunday September 22, 2013 at
Music Concourse in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park (same weekend as American
Heart Walk)
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By next monthly meeting- have planning group and
sign-up list
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World Hepatitis Day Events
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Contingent plan to be hosted at Stanford
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10:45am-noon Sunday, July 28
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
campaign
Special Guest: Emalie Huriaux
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She is part of the Community Health Promotion
Branch at Department of Public Health (part of the Population and Health
Division)
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Also works with Hep B & C Alliance
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Current title at DPH is Viral Hepatitis and
Integration Coordinator
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works as a liaison with community organizations
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focus is in integration and community liaison
with clinical settings
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want to integrate hepatitis testing with other
types of disease testing
B A Hero Gala Update
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Date is set on Wednesday, September 18th at
Intercontinental Hotel
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Ideas for themes in consideration
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Masquerade theme
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Golden State Warriors
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Team working on recruiting speakers and people
to pass out awards
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Next Gala planning meeting: July 24, 6pm at 555
Mission
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Looking for team leads—job listings to be posted
on Asian Week website
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Entertainment
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Raffle
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VIP Registration
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etc.
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Silent auction prize donations appreciated
CDC Grant #’s Update
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Progress report submitted: 1,962 screens
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broken down into 1267 DPH, 317 API, 139 Chinese
Hospital, 133 City College, 63 NEMS, 43 UCSF
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Many of the screening events we hosted this
summer created more connections and networking opportunities for SF Hep B Free
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many screening partners are interested in doing
screening events next year
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Unofficially, we have 3,500 screens so far
Presentation by Richard So
Hep B Free Activation Team/Think Tank Service Learning Project
Hep B Free Activation Team/Think Tank Service Learning Project
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Think Tank clientele is 90-95% Asian Americans
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Ted reached out to Think Tank
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Established screenings at 11 Think Tank sites on
World Hepatitis Day
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split into 6 teams in different parts of Bay
Area
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Block 1 of screenings from 10am – noon
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Block 2 of screenings from 1-3pm
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Volunteers and phlebotomists from CPMC, Chinese
Hospital and Garrick Academy phlebotomist students to staff events
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Press conferences
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July 24 San Francisco Irving location
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July 28 Palo Alto location
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TT Service Learning Project
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Student participation=community service hours
awarded by Think Tank
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Award ceremonies for students bringing the most
people
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Students undergo Hep B training process and
tests to earn credit
Upcoming Events
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July 24: Think Tank Press Conference on Irving
Street
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July 28: City Hep B Free Event in Hawaii
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July 28: Think Tank Palo Alto Press Conference
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August 10-11: Pistahan Parade and Festival (NEMS
and API screening)
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August 15: NEMS San Bruno Press conference/screening
event
