Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central (BMC)
Source Publication
BMC Infectious Diseases
Source ISSN
1471-2334
Abstract
Background
There is a four-fold risk for hepatitis B infection among healthcare workers compared to the general population. Due to limited access to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B in many resource-constrained settings, there is a real risk that only few healthcare workers with viral hepatitis may get screened or diagnosed and treated. Studies on hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers in developing countries are sparse and this bodes ill for intervention and support. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and explored the associated factors that predicted the uptake of the required, full dosage of hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs) in five developing countries using nationally representative data.
Methods
We used recent datasets from the Demographic and Health Surveys Program’s Service Provision Assessment Survey. Descriptive summary statistics and logistic regressions were used to produce the results. Statistical significance was pegged at p < 0.05.
Results
The proportion of HCWs who received the required doses of hepatitis B vaccine in Afghanistan, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal, and Senegal were 69.1%, 11.3%, 15.4%, 46.5%, and 17.6%, respectively. Gender, occupational qualification, and years of education were significant correlates of receiving the required doses of hepatitis B among HCWs.
Conclusions
Given the increased risk of hepatitis B infection among healthcare workers, policymakers in developing countries should intensify education campaigns among HCWs and, perhaps, must take it a step further by making hepatitis B vaccination compulsory and a key requirement for employment, especially among those workers who regularly encounter bodily fluids of patients.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Duodu, Precious Adade; Darkwah, Ernest; Agbadi, Pascal; Duah, Henry Ofori; and Nutor, Jerry John, "Prevalence and Geo-Clinicodemographic Factors Associated With Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers in Five Developing Countries" (2022). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 1209.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/1209
Comments
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Henry Duah was affiliated with FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Accra, Ghana at the time of publication.