What do HBV scientists want to know?

I note that we have a lot of @ScienceExperts on the forum, but don’t hear much from them. I do recognise that a big factor in it might be intimidation because you don’t necessarily have a clinical background and don’t want to give the wrong impression/information.

Thus, I am opening up this thread to gather questions the scientific community has for the affected community. I think this is an opportunity to start these conversations and hopefully the community will be happy to answer your questions in this safe space.

So, @ScienceExperts, what do you want to know?

P.S. Feel free to also correct me on why you might be reluctant to join in on forum conversations.

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Hi everyone
I read what @Thomas has written about the contribution and participation of our health experts. Iam in recond for such complain in the past and cannot agree with Thomas more.
Kinoti

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Hi @ThomasTu, spot on! I am a social scientist working predominantly in qualitative research and so often am not equipped with the expertise to respond to clinical questions. But am always happy to answer questions on the social dimensions of HBV stigma, community and cultures, as well as being able to link in with other experts who may hold more expertise than me. I do avidly follow posts though, and so thank you for all your work in this forum.
Regards
Kerryn

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Thanks for the reply, Kerryn!

Would be great to know if you have any big questions that you think the affected community here could try to answer or give perspectives on?

TT

Hi Thomas, thanks for the nudge and apologies for the slowness in reply (have covid!)
I am always interesting in hearing from people about their experiences of healthcare service access and how culturally safe/acceptable it is, as well as issues around stigma and stigma reduction. Much of the stuff I am keen on exploring is how well or not well health promotion works with groups of people who might not be as connected to health systems (due to marginalisation, stigma, health literacy etc). So perhaps I can post to the community any research questions I need help answering in due course?

Cheers, all
Kerryn

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Sorry to hear about your infection, Kerryn. Hope you’re recovering OK. Would love you to post some threads on these important issue in the future!

Cheers,
Thomas