TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mwinamila Ayoub
AU  - Ambrose Haule 
TI  - Knowledge Attitude and Practice on Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers at Sekou-Ture Hospital, Mwanza Tanzania
PY  - 0000/// ©012021///
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania: 
PB  -  Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando],   Phone: +255 28 298 3384 ,    Fax: +255 28 298 3386  ,   Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz ,   Website: www.bugando.ac.tz
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N2  - Abstract:

Background: Hepatitis B is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and extracellular carcinoma, accounting for 1 million deaths annually. Health care workers are at high risk of acquiring hepatitis B while carrying out their occupational duties. The aim of this study was to determine knowledge, attitude and practice on hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers at Sekou- Toure regional hospital, Mwanza.

Methodology: a descriptive cross sectional study that involved interview based questionnaire was distributed to health care works present on the days of research at Sekou Toure regional hospital Mwanza..

Results: 184 participants were included of which 110(58.9%) were female and 70(40%) male. 86%had significant knowledge on hepatitis b vaccination and as less as 3.2% did not 9.1%had positive altitude to weather vaccine to be obligatory and 8.1% said it should not. 38.5%had never been vaccinated against hepatitis, 23.9%had received at least one shot and 39.1% had completed three shot of hepatitis vaccine.

Conclusion: knowledge on hepatitis b vaccination among health care work is high and the altitude is positive despite the fact large number of health care works observed do not tend to practice hepatitis b vaccination

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