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Sonali, et.al, J Hepatol Gastroint Dis 2016, 2:1 DOI: 10.4172/2475-3181.1000112

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Hepatitis B Disease and Vaccination: Awareness and Practice among Health Care Givers in a Medical College of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Sonali K1*, Seba B2, Rahul P3, Chitrangada M3 1Associate

Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

2Associate

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

3Post

graduate students, Department of Community Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

*Corresponding

author: Sonali Kar, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India; E-mail:

[email protected] Received date: December 2, 2015, Accepted date: January 8, 2016, Published date: January 15, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Sonali K. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract Hepatitis B infection is a public health problem in this country, so much so that the vaccination has been made mandatory for infants. However in case of adults there is no such government policy, even in case of health care givers, who are known to be at a much higher risk. The study is a rapid assessment done to do asses among the health care givers like fresh young doctors, nurses and lab technicians to find out their knowledge about the disease and also about their practice of complete vaccination. The study revealed that even in this tertiary level health care facility, 13.1% of the study participants were not vaccinated and yet involved in handling of infected products. This hints a further exploration regarding the callousness of the health administrators towards this incurable yet preventable disease. Aims & Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practice regarding Hepatitis B disease and vaccination among care givers in a tertiary hospital. To find out any association between the level of knowledge and practice if any

Keywords Hepatitis B; Disease information; Hepatitis B vaccination; Health care givers

Introduction To tide with the problems of very high Infant and Child Mortality Rates in the India, the immunization schedule against six infectious diseases (Tuberculosis, Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Measles) have been reinforced in the country under the National Programme agenda. The results have helped reach a common consensus among public health managers that disease prevention is the most cost-effective option to protect and promote health of populations and immunization is the key to achieve the same. Immunization against Hepatitis B has been added lately to the list since the year 2002. However, till date there is no programme to promote vaccinations in case of adults. Given the changing epidemiologic situation with reemerging of diseases and shift of the age of disease onset in target population, it is becoming more and more imperative to give specific immunizations to adults too. Based on the prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), countries are classified as having high (where >8% of the population is HBsAg positive), intermediate (2–7%) or low (

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