Parents’s knowledge and awareness about hepatitis B can influence the vaccination of their children
作者机构：Department of PaediatricsEra’s Lucknow Medical CollegeLucknow 226003Uttar PradeshIndia Medical ConsultantNational Disease Control ProgramNational Health MissionLucknow 226003Uttar PradeshIndia Department of HepatologySanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow 226014Uttar PradeshIndia
出 版 物：《World Journal of Virology》 (世界病毒学杂志)
年 卷 期：2024年第13卷第2期
页 面：96-106页
学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
主 题：Hepatitis B Viral hepatitis Cirrhosis Hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatotropic viruses Transfusion transmitted infection Mother to child transmission
摘 要：BACKGROUND Birth-dose(Hep-BD)followed by three additional doses(Hep-B3)of hepatitis B virus(HBV)vaccine are key to eliminating HBV by ***,Hep-BD and Hep-B3 coverage in our country is *** To studied the parent’s knowledge and awareness about HBV infection,its prevention,consequences and *** Parents of 6 months to 8 years old children were interviewed to assess their knowledge&awareness about hepatitis B,its transmission,prevention,illness caused by this,and *** close-ended questions were admini-stered,and responses were recorded as‘yes’,‘no’,or‘not sure’.HBV knowledge score was calculated based on the sum of correct *** correct response scored one point and incorrect,missing or‘not sure’responses received no *** data are presented as number(%)and numerical data are expressed as *** were compared using Chi2 tests and level of significance was kept as P*** Parents(58.3%mothers)of 384 children(89.9%age5 years;82%age-appropriately vaccinated)were *** hundred and twenty-two(83.9%)children were Hep-B3 vaccinated.94.3%,87.5%,and 29.2%parents knew about polio,tetanus,and hepatitis B ***,41.2%,15.8%,and 23%parents knew about hepatitis B transmission,consequences of infection,and prevention *** 7.6%parents knew about three-dose schedule of hepatitis B *** 23%parents believed that vaccine could prevent HBV,15.7%knew that HBV affects *** of Hep-B3 vaccinated children were significantly more aware about HBV than the parents of unvaccinated children(P0.05 for 17/18 questions).CONCLUSION The knowledge and awareness among the parents about hepatitis B is *** Increasing knowledge/awareness about HBV among parents may improve Hep-B3 vaccination coverage.
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