1. Hepatitis B ESL Education for Asian Immigrants Boston November, 2007

2. Key Personnel SeattleVicky Taylor, Gloria Coronado, and Shin-Ping Tu Los AngelesRoshan Bastani VancouverGregory Hislop EdmontonYutaka Yasui

3. Study Overview  Goal – Conduct a group-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a liver cancer control educational intervention for Asian immigrants attending ESL classes  Primary end-point – Hepatitis B serologic testing  Secondary end-point – Hepatitis B-related knowledge  Funding – NCI

4. Chronic Hepatitis B Prevalence

5. Liver Cancer Incidence – California: Men 0

6. Study Setting  British Columbia lower mainland  Over one-quarter of greater Vancouver residents are immigrants of Asian descent  Adult ESL education is provided at over 40 locations in greater Vancouver  British Columbia has a highly organized ESL program

7. Vancouver

8. Partner Community-based Organizations Burnaby Continuing Education ISS MOSAIC PICS SUCCESS Richmond Continuing Education

9. Language Groups Cantonese Mandarin Farsi Korean Punjabi

10. Study Design

11. Timeline DevelopmentMay, 2005 – April, 2006 Curriculum implementation May, 2006 – October, 2008 Follow-up data collection November, 2006 – April, 2009 EvaluationMay, 2009 – April, 2010