biostudies-literatureChang TSMinistry of Science and Technology, TaiwanChang Gung Memorial HospitalHealth Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwane046115https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8264874biostudies-literatureUnknown11(7)<h4>Objectives</h4>Community-based screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is essential for hepatitis elimination. This study attempted to increase screening accessibility and efficacy by using alternative tools.<h4>Design</h4>Population-based prospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Hepatitis elimination program at Yunlin County, Taiwan.<h4>Participants</h4>All 4552 individuals participated in 60 screening sessions of a community-based HBV and HCV screening project in five rural townships with approximately 95 000 inhabitants in central-western Taiwan.<h4>Interventions</h4>To increase accessibility, 60 outreach screening sessions were conducted in 41 disseminative sites. Quantitative HBV surface antigen (qHBsAg) and anti-HCV testing with reflex HCV core antigen (BMJ openVillage-to-village screening for hepatitis B and C using quantitative HBsAg and anti-HCV testing with reflex HCV core antigen tests in the remote communities of a resource-rich setting: a population-based prospective cohort study.PMC8264874MOST107-2314-B182A-111PMRPG6H0021CMRPG6J0171Chang TSChiu WNChen WMLin YCChen MYLu SNLee CYHuang TJChang KCHsu NTHu JHHuang WCfalseVillage-to-village screening for hepatitis B and C using quantitative HBsAg and anti-HCV testing with reflex HCV core antigen tests in the remote communities of a resource-rich setting: a population-based prospective cohort study.<h4>Objectives</h4>Community-based screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is essential for hepatitis elimination. This study attempted to increase screening accessibility and efficacy by using alternative tools.<h4>Design</h4>Population-based prospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Hepatitis elimination program at Yunlin County, Taiwan.<h4>Participants</h4>All 4552 individuals participated in 60 screening sessions of a community-based HBV and HCV screening project in five rural townships with approximately 95 000 inhabitants in central-western Taiwan.<h4>Interventions</h4>To increase accessibility, 60 outreach screening sessions were conducted in 41 disseminative sites. Quantitative HBV surface antigen (qHBsAg) and anti-HCV testing with reflex HCV core antigen (2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Jul2025-04-26T08:15:36.907Z2022-02-10T21:49:06.459ZS-EPMC82648743423397710.1136/bmjopen-2020-046115