Something important came to mind today - how do we best conduct campus outreach?  I want to see if we can start a hepatitis B awareness week here at Harvard, but also emulate Cornell's hepatitis B certification program.  Something we also really want to try to do is to start Team HBV chapters at other Boston area colleges.  If you have any ideas let me know!
 

-Frank

Today we had a board meeting about spring events and there is just so much going on - a Jade Ribbon component to the spring showcase dance for a troupe, interactions with the medical students, going to a fair to do outreach, fundraising, and so much more!  Much of this was obviously inspired by team chapters at the recent conference and I'm so thankful we were able to share that today with the board members.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

-Frank

Hey everyone,

We should use the upcoming holiday season to think about how we can better give back to our community.  This is important to consider how we better do outreach and conduct public service!  Let me know if you have any thoughts about all of this.

Best,

Frank

Hi everyone,

Team HBV at Harvard is currently working on our survey analysis of all our hard work over the semester in our health education initiative.  We are anxiously awaiting our results and excited to relay information as it comes along!

-Frank

Harvard College Team HBV is excited to invite Dr. Lau from BIDMC to talk to us tomorrow in a dinner discussion about hepatitis B.  She is a hepatologist and we are excited to have her!  Have other people had lots of success with their faculty outreach?  I highly recommend it!

-Frank

Something that really has been a long established priority for the Harvard chapter is cultural competency.  Our health education program is marked by this in terms of bilingual outreach materials (also provided by the ALC at Stanford) and also presentations given in Mandarin or Chinese.  Are there other ways we can improve this though?  For example, many East Asians have a cultural background in the importance of their families.  Is there a particular way we might be able to address this?  Just wanted to put this out there.

-Frank

Another aspect of hepatitis B advocacy that I want to talk about is something that doesn't get as much attention.  How about political advocacy?  This has historically gotten less attention, specifically in our age group, which is often characterized as politically apathetic.  Yet, I couldn't think of a more exciting time amidst health care reform to tackle this. Any ideas of national efforts to address this?

-Frank

Community outreach is something that Harvard chapter has focused on from the get-go.  The conference recently got me thinking about how community outreach is affected differently at various chapters across the country.  How does this prioritize compared to other valuable efforts like fundraising, artistic expression, and campus outreach?  Even more importantly, how does this relate to another priority of global outreach?  Food for thought.

-Frank

I had a great time at the Team HBV Conference.  I learned about best practices at so many chapters at the heart of the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University.  Although Team HBV at Harvard has really invested in the Boston community, this really helped me feel a part of something larger.  You can't really look at hepatitis B as a purely domestic issue - it really is a global health issue.  A shoutout to the China Chapters!

-Frank

Hi all,

Kate Xie, Francis Deng, and I are going to the Team HBV Collegiate Conference this weekend!  We've been working extensively on our presentation, and this is the culmination of all of Harvard College Team HBV's hard work these past few years.  Thanks to Stanford ALC for sponsoring and organizing this!

On another note, here is an interesting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6X_NAI509Y&feature=related

Thanks!

-Frank