¶ … Hepatitis B There are a couple of different concerns for public health pertaining to Hepatitis B. Probably the most salient of these relates to the fact that this condition can be transferred amongst people via unprotected sexual activity. In this respect, this condition is just one of the many that people can incur through unsafe sex. Additionally, public health concerns related to Hepatitis B revolve around the fact that contact with an infected person's blood can infect others. Thus, health care practitioners must be extremely careful when treating people with this condition. Finally, sharing items for personal hygiene and needles is a point of concern for patients with Hepatits B, because such sharing is another way in which this disease is transferable.

The chain of this infection can be interrupted in a couple of different ways. Perhaps one of the most important of these is to treat this condition and stop the infection from mounting prior to its infecting the liver. Hepatitis B can cause substantial damage to one's liver, some of which may be permanent (HepMag, 2010). Therefore, it is necessary to stop this condition before it damages the liver. Additionally, the chain of this infection can be stopped most thoroughly...

Doing so can provide a degree of safety and peace of mind to free one from having to consider having Hepatitis B. Injecting Hepatitis B immune globulin can interrupt and contain the chain of this infection.
One public health measure that can reduce the probability that bacteria will develop resistance to antibiotics is for patients to take their medication per the directions given. Missing doses can produce the undesired effect in which the virus -- HBV in particular -- can become resistance to antibiotic treatments (HepMag, 2010). It is extremely important for patients to not miss any doses and to take their medication exactly as prescribed for this condition. Additionally, it is necessary "to be monitored frequently and carefully by a health care provider" (HepMag, 2010). Such monitoring can reduce the probability that bacteria become resistant to treatment. Lastly, it is necessary for one to take all of one's medication, even if one begins to feel better before it is all consumed.

There are a couple of different intervention studies about Hepatitis B. Some of them directly relate to increasing the amount of screening for this disease. Different…