Adherence of community health workers to hepatitis B vaccination
| Autor: | Sara dos Santos Amorim, Lorena Rabelo Feriane, Flávia Marini Paro, Adauto Vieira de Almeida, Paula Kuster Pinto, Tatiane Silva Rocha, Verena Kise Capellini |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Hepatitis B medicine.disease immunization Vaccination community health workers Immunization Hepatitis b vaccination Environmental health education continuing Epidemiology health education Medicine Community health workers Health education epidemiology hepatitis B business Viral hepatitis Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | ABCS Health Sciences, Vol 46 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2357-8114 2318-4965 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Hepatitis B (HB) vaccination for health-care workers is essential for World Health Organization’s goals achievement of viral hepatitis (VH) elimination. However, recent studies showed low vaccination adherence by these professionals and lack of knowledge about HB vaccination adherence of community health workers (CHW). Objective: To identify the adherence of CHW to HB vaccination; to determine the causes of non-adherence; to investigate whether the prevalence of vaccination is different among surveyed towns, and to verify whether years practiced as CHW have any association with vaccination adherence. Methods: This cross-sectional study included five towns (T) of a Brazilian state. Data were collected at VH educational meetings, in which CHW answered a questionnaire. The proportions Z-test and the likelihood ratio test were used for statistical analysis. Significance was set at p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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