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Hepatitis B vaccination status and associated factors among undergraduate students of Makerere University College of Health Sciences.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B is a global health problem. Trainees in the health-related fields are exposed to occupational risk of Hepatitis B Virus. In Uganda, there is scarcity of information on vaccination among students in health-care. The objective of this study was to assess hepatitis B vaccination status of the students and factors associated. METHODS AND FINDINGS:This was a cross sectional study, conducted at Makerere University College of Health Sciences among undergraduate students who were eligible. A self-report on Hepatitis B vaccination status and various characteristics were collected on each participant, using a standardized structured self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were computed, bivariate and multivariate analysis were done using Stata 14. RESULTS:Out of 760 participants, 44.3% (95% CI 35.2-52.8) reported full vaccination. Vaccination was associated with gender, course, year of study and student's sponsorship. Males were less likely to be vaccinated, Prevalence Ratio (PR) 0.79; P-value <0.001, while self-sponsored students were also most likely to be vaccinated, PR 2.08; P-value <0.001. About 37% reported an accidental needle injury during their training. CONCLUSION:Full vaccination was low and given the high prevalence of needle injuries, it raises a safety concern. Vaccination should be mandatory for all students prior to clinical exposure. There is need for targeted interventions to increase uptake.

SUBMITTER: Wibabara Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450609 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hepatitis B vaccination status and associated factors among undergraduate students of Makerere University College of Health Sciences.

Wibabara Yvette Y Banura Cecily C Kalyango Joan J Karamagi Charles C Kityamuwesi Alex A Amia Winfred Christine WC Ocama Ponsiano P

PloS one 20190405 4

<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis B is a global health problem. Trainees in the health-related fields are exposed to occupational risk of Hepatitis B Virus. In Uganda, there is scarcity of information on vaccination among students in health-care. The objective of this study was to assess hepatitis B vaccination status of the students and factors associated.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>This was a cross sectional study, conducted at Makerere University College of Health Sciences among undergraduate stu ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundHepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant global public health problem. Health care providers and medical students in developing countries including Ethiopia are at an increased risk of contracting HBV due to the high burden of this infection. The most effective way of prevention against HBV infection is vaccination of health care providers. However, there is a paucity of data on the HBV vaccination coverage among students of health science in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to determine HBV vaccination coverage and associated factors, level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards HBV among students of medicine and health science at Wolkite University.Materials and methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted at Wolkite University among 417 study participants from November to December 2020. The study participants were recruited by using a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 21. A binary logistic regression model was used to determine the factors associated with full-dose vaccination status. Statistical significance was set at P-value <0.05.ResultsOut of the 417 study participants, 5.8% (95%CI: 3.8-7.9) received a full-dose of the HBV vaccine in this study. Unavailability and high cost of the vaccine were frequently mentioned reasons for not being vaccinated against HBV. About 73.6%, 36.2%, and 47% of participants had good knowledge, positive attitudes, and good practices towards HBV, respectively. Being male gender (AOR: 8.8; 95%CI: 2.9-27), rural residence (AOR: 3.6; 95%CI:1.2-10.6), positive attitude (AOR: 0.44; 95%CI: 0.1-1.1), good practice (AOR: 0.17; 95%CI: 0.05-0.5), medicine department (AOR: 5.9; 95%CI: 1.2-29), being second-year student (AOR: 11.7; 95%CI: 2.7-50.9), third-year student (AOR: 19; 95%CI: 4.25-45), and fourth-year student (AOR: 27; 95%CI: 5.8-56) were significantly associated factors with full-dose vaccination status.ConclusionOur study revealed that only small proportions (5.8%) of study participants received full-dose HBV vaccination. Vaccinations of students before starting clinical attachments, provisions of training for students on infection prevention mechanism and universal precautions particularly on HBV, increasing the uptake of the HBV vaccine, creating awareness on attitude and practice of students towards HBV to enhance uptake of the vaccine are recommended.

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