Hyun CS, et al. - Given their previous report from a large-scale community-based hepatitis B awareness campaign indicating poor linkage to care (LTC) in the Korean American community, researchers assessed the proportion of the new HBV infected participants linked to care since the end of the community outreach campaign to assess the efficacy of this campaign. Further, they sought for various factors affecting LTC in these participants. Among 97 Korean American adults chronically infected with HBV, 74 were aware of their infections at the screening. Unawareness regarding infection until screening was reported in the remaining 23. Eight years following the campaign, access to care was reported in some 66 of these 97 individuals (LTC rate 68%). The most significant factors in LTC were health insurance status, presence or absence of symptoms and level of knowledge of chronic hepatitis B. Results suggested a cumulative increase in LTC in this cohort indicating the possible efficacy of the community education and screening campaign in promoting LTC. There is a compelling necessity to further develop community-based efforts in hepatitis B campaigns to improve the engagement of HBV-infected individuals in high-risk immigrant populations.