Hepatitis B Knowledge and Trust in Western Medicine Among People of Chinese Ethnicity Living With Hepatitis B

Findings underscore the need for targeted interventions to improve hepatitis B knowledge among Chinese people and potentially all migrant people living with hepatitis B. Findings also have implications for a more inclusive and equitable health system that recognises differences in cultural understanding of health in migrant communities when compared with the Western views that are predominant in Australia. SO WHAT?: Health workers and the Australian healthcare system need to provide a safer and more trusting environment by acknowledging and valuing the Chinese community's cultural understanding of health and illness to promote early diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B among members of this community.