Information from teachers on viral hepatitis transmission and prevention in Brazil

Gaze, Rosangela; Carvalho, Diana Carvalho de; Rangel-Tura, Luiz Fernando

doi:10.1590/s0036-36342003000400002

“…Although the contradiction among knowledge connection the modes of transmission and recommendations on protection has been shown on some occasions (Gaze, de Carvalho and Rangel-Tura, 1997;…”

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Hepatitis B knowledge among male School teachers at Al-Iskan sector in Makkah Al Mukarramah 2011

2017

Aust. J. Basic & Appl. Sci

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Background: Saudi Arabia is considered to be an area of endemic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Among Saudi children, the overall HbsAg carrier rate dropped from 6.7% in 1989 to 0.3% in 1997 after mass HB vaccination program among adults prevalence is 0.22%. The prevalence varied by region, ranging from 0.03% to 0.72% with a mean incidence of 0.15%. Objectives: To determine level of knowledge about hepatitis B and its associated factors among school teachers at Al-Iskan sector in Makkah Al Mukarramah. Subjects and methods: A Cross-sectional community-based study was adopted. It included all-male school teachers in primary, intermediate and secondary stages at Al-Iskan sector in Makkah Al Mukarramah. A self-administered valid questionnaire was utilized for data collection. It included personal data, questions regarding etiology, epidemiology, symptomatology, risk factors, preventive measures and outcome of hepatitis B. Results: The research involved 137 medical students. Their age ranges among 21 and 28 years with an average of 23.0 and (±SD) of (±0.9) years. Slightly more than half of them (50.4%) were males. All students ever used Facebook and used it in the last year. Almost two-thirds of students (62.7%) checked their Facebook account daily whereas 5.1% checked it within a one-hour interval. Overall, based on the BFAS cutoff level, Facebook addiction was identified among 13 students representing 9.5% of the participants. Addiction was more reported among older students, p=0.038 and those who spent between 21 and 40% of their Facebook time on work-related issues, p=0.034. Conclusion: inadequacy of knowledge regarding HBV among teachers in Al-Iskan sector, Makkah in certain key areas of HBV. This lack of knowledge is a matter of concern since teachers could disseminate their information to young youth at schools.

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“…It was found their knowledge on viral hepatitis was not enough to help promoting behavior changes among students, most of them in their teenage years, a period when they start engaging in risk behaviors. 5 Coppola et al 3 studied a group of primary care resident physicians and also verified gaps in their knowledge on hepatitis C.…”

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“…Previous studies 3,5 have explored the knowledge of those professionals engaged in disseminating health information, such as elementary school teachers. It was found their knowledge on viral hepatitis was not enough to help promoting behavior changes among students, most of them in their teenage years, a period when they start engaging in risk behaviors.…”

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Informação de profissionais de saúde sobre transmissão transfusional de hepatites virais

Gaze¹,

Carvalho²,

Tura³

2006

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OBJECTIVE:Training health providers is a strategy for improving health care quality that need to be technically correct and comply with the conceptual universe of the trainees. A pilot study was carried out to explore the consistency of knowledge on blood transmission of viral hepatitis among primary care providers. METHODS:A non-identified questionnaire was applied to 190 providers attending a public health training program in 2003 and 2004. Answers were compared according to two groups: physicians, nurses and dentists (115 subjects) and other health providers (66 subjects). Frequencies of correct and incorrect answers were compared through Chi-square test (χ 2 ). Nine respondents did not inform their occupation. RESULTS:The study population mainly comprised women (80%) aged 20 to 60 years from Northeastern (27.4%), Southeastern (35.3%), and Midwestern (37.3%) regions. Blood transfusion was associated with hepatitis B and C for 57.5% of the respondents; hemophilia was associated with hepatitis B and C for 55.7% of the respondents, while 74% considered to be incorrect the statement: "viral hepatitis cannot be transmitted through blood" and 16.4% considered it correct. The number of correct answers regarding blood transfusion was greater in the group of physicians, nurses and dentists than other providers (χ 2 =1.2; p=0.2741). CONCLUSIONS:These findings were compared with current data on viral hepatitis transmission and the consistency of the answers concerning different risk factors was evaluated. These providers' knowledge on blood transmission of these conditions shows inconsistencies that may jeopardize the effectiveness of prevention and control programs.

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Informação de profissionais de saúde sobre transmissão transfusional de hepatites virais

Gaze¹,

Carvalho²,

Tura³

2006

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OBJECTIVE:Training health providers is a strategy for improving health care quality that need to be technically correct and comply with the conceptual universe of the trainees. A pilot study was carried out to explore the consistency of knowledge on blood transmission of viral hepatitis among primary care providers. METHODS:A non-identified questionnaire was applied to 190 providers attending a public health training program in 2003 and 2004. Answers were compared according to two groups: physicians, nurses and dentists (115 subjects) and other health providers (66 subjects). Frequencies of correct and incorrect answers were compared through Chi-square test (χ 2 ). Nine respondents did not inform their occupation. RESULTS:The study population mainly comprised women (80%) aged 20 to 60 years from Northeastern (27.4%), Southeastern (35.3%), and Midwestern (37.3%) regions. Blood transfusion was associated with hepatitis B and C for 57.5% of the respondents; hemophilia was associated with hepatitis B and C for 55.7% of the respondents, while 74% considered to be incorrect the statement: "viral hepatitis cannot be transmitted through blood" and 16.4% considered it correct. The number of correct answers regarding blood transfusion was greater in the group of physicians, nurses and dentists than other providers (χ 2 =1.2; p=0.2741). CONCLUSIONS:These findings were compared with current data on viral hepatitis transmission and the consistency of the answers concerning different risk factors was evaluated. These providers' knowledge on blood transmission of these conditions shows inconsistencies that may jeopardize the effectiveness of prevention and control programs.

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Information from teachers on viral hepatitis transmission and prevention in Brazil

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Hepatitis B knowledge among male School teachers at Al-Iskan sector in Makkah Al Mukarramah 2011

Hepatitis B knowledge among male School teachers at Al-Iskan sector in Makkah Al Mukarramah 2011

Informação de profissionais de saúde sobre transmissão transfusional de hepatites virais

Informação de profissionais de saúde sobre transmissão transfusional de hepatites virais

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