Videos and DVDs

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The Invisible Threat
Liver Wellness – Prevention of Viral Hepatitis and Blood Borne Pathogens

 The Invisible Treat uses 3-D animation and memorable analogies to describe the importance of the liver to one’s health and well-being; how viruses, alcohol, and drugs can cause liver cell damage; what cirrhosis is; modes of transmission of blood borne pathogens; and ways to avoid liver damaging activities.

This 12-minute video enhances prevention of blood borne pathogens, promotes the prevention of hepatitis B and C, AIDS and substance abuse. It encourages immunization against hepatitis B and the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Give Your Liver A Break

Respect Yourself – Protect Yourself

This 9 minute video is filling a tremendous void in information about the importance of the liver, ways to protect it and the transmission of viral hepatitis. It encourages viewers to take responsibility for their own health care including avoiding liver damaging activities such as injecting drugs, possible exposure to blood borne pathogens through body piercing, tattooing, and drinking alcohol.

Also available in: Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean 

Hip-Hop Version: Respect Yourself – Protect Yourself
In the voice of urban youth. Appropriate for youth/teen audience. Promotes taking responsibility for one's own health care. Identifies risky behaviors and liver-damaging activities.
Running time: 9 minutes.

The Silent Stalker

A powerful 9-minute video with animation promotes liver wellness, describing risk behaviors that cause hepatitis B and C and liver damage including cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. Appropriate for an adult audience, it addresses various modes of transmission of viral hepatitis including body piercing, tattoos, sharing needles, toothbrushes, razors, and through sexual contact.
Also available in: Spanish

Liv and Lucky in Liverland

Teach kids when they are toddlers to "love their liver" through animation education. Build a foundation for decision making. Drugs and alcohol can damage the liver causing a lifetime of suffering.

Hepatitis 101

Knowledge is the key to prevention:  Acting on lessons learned is essential !!!          This unique tutorial developed for teachers, counselors, outreach workers, and health professionals describes “tried and true”, effective and easy-to-communicate messages about liver wellness, and the prevention of viral hepatitis and substance abuse.  Using memorable analogies that everyone can relate to in their daily lives, this upbeat and positive approach has been successful in motivating individuals to avoid liver damaging activities and to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviors. (12 minutes)

A must for counselors working with HCV, HIV, co-infected individuals, and those attending STD or methadone clinics, in corrections facilities, etc.

The Hidden Epidemic

This 28 minute video provides an overview of hepatitis A, B and especially C, featuring liver specialists, patients and patient advocates.  Basic information on the liver, cirrhosis, treatment options, transplantation and coping skills fills a need for patients, family members and the general public about viral hepatitis.