Missouri Laws 192.033 – Strategies for raising public awareness on hepatitis C
The department of health and senior services may, in conjunction with existing or future health awareness programs for similar at-risk populations, use the following strategies for raising public awareness of the causes, including personal risk factors, and nature of hepatitis C, the value of prevention and early detection, and options for diagnosing and treating the disease:
(1) An outreach campaign utilizing print, radio, and television public service announcements, advertisements, posters, and other materials;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 192.033
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Community forums;
(3) Health information and risk-factor assessment at public events;
(4) Targeting at-risk populations;
(5) Providing reliable information to policy makers;
(6) Distributing information through local health agencies, schools, employer wellness programs, physicians, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, prisons, sports leagues, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, state fairs and department of health and senior services offices;
(7) Identifying and obtaining educational materials, including brochures and videotapes, that translate accurately the latest scientific information on hepatitis C in easy-to-understand terms; and
(8) Building a statewide capacity to provide information and referrals on all aspects of hepatitis C, including, but not limited to, educational materials, counseling, and patient support groups.