Viral hepatitis B related knowledge and vaccination rate among different populations in Tianjin city

ObjectiveTo describe vaccination rate and awareness rate of viral hepatitis B(HBV)prevention and treatment know ledge,and to explore strategies of health education and vaccination for adults.MethodsWith stratified method, different populations in five districts or counties were randomly chosen for the investigation.The normal adults were selected in public place by convenience as comparison.A questionnaire survey on rate of vaccination,aw areness and discrimination on viral hepatitis B was conducted among the participants.ResultsThe vaccination rate of students,teachers,physicians, child-care workers,food service workers,bank workers,HBV intimate contact families,and intravenous illegal drug users was 41.33%,33.88%,70.23%,62.50%,38.16%,41.53%,39.84%,and 3.57% and the awareness rate was 54.51%, 73.47%,89.95%,77.36%,53.61%,64.72%,67.15%,and 28.72%,respectively.There was discrimination to HBV carrier among the populations with the discrimination rate of 52.54%,28.78%,5.85%,20.83%,54.08%,40.68%, 22.71%,and 37.50% among the different populations,respectively.The hepatitis B vaccination rate of the normal adults was 32.82% and the aw areness rate was 58.30% and the discrimination rate was 31.07% among the normal adults.ConclusionThe vaccination rate of special group is higher than that of the usual adults,but the total vaccination rate is relatively low.Various populations have different awareness and discrimination rates for HBV carrier.