Study On Infection Status Of HBV Among Rural Population In Guichi, Chizhou

Objective To know the infection status of HBV, HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc among rural population in Guichi City, as well as to investigate the status of HBV infection and antibody levels and the seroepidemiological trend of the crowd after the implementation of hepatitis B vaccination, so as to develop the comprehensive prevention and control strategies in rural areas.Methods A cluster stratified sampling method was used to choose 424 rural population in Guichi City. They were investigated by filling a questionnaire, and their serological markers of HBV were detected with ELISA.Results The prevalence rates of HBV were 38.68% and the adjusted rates were 37.34%, while the positive rates of HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc were 9.67%, 42.22% and 14.15% respectively. Among the population older than 20, the prevalence rates of HBV were 46.08%, the positive rates of HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc were 10.84%, 35.84%, 15.66%. And in the population less than 20, they were 11.96%, 5.43%, 65.22%, 8.70% respectively.The differences of all the items between the two groups had no statistical significance(p<0.05). And there was no statistical significance among the males and the females, too. The positive rates of HBsAg, anti-HBc and the prevalence rates of HBV in vaccinees were significantly lower than those among the non-vaccinees (p<0.05). Conclusion Widespread immunization with hepatitis B vaccine is the efficient measure to control and prevent Hepatitis B infection. Objective To study the knowledge, attitude, behavior related to Hepatitis B and its influencing factors among junior middle school students in Guichi City, and to provide basis for developing interventions.Methods A cluster stratified sampling method was used to choose 1557 junior middle school students in Guichi City. They were investigated by filling a questionnaire, which mainly includes the knowledge, attitude, behavior related to Hepatitis B.Result Junior middle school students investigated had a poor knowledge on Hepatitis B as a whole. The average score they obtained was 7.01±3.56, while the total score was 16. The majority of students wish to get the knowledge on Hepatitis B, but only 43.5% of the students do not mind the learning with hepatitis B patients or virus carriers together. The differences of Hepatitis B-related knowledge scores they get among grade, home address, father's education level, father's job, mother's education level, mother's job, the types of guardian, grade point average and whether being a only child had statistical significance (P<0.05). The result from multiple regression showed that the main factors which affected the scores were grade, home address, father's education level and grade point average.Conclusion Junior middle school students in Guichi City had a poor knowledge on Hepatitis B, some health education and intervention work should be strengthened among junior middle school students. Objective To study the knowledge related to Hepatitis B and its influencing factors among rural population of Guichi City, and to provide basis for developing interventions.Methods A cluster stratified sampling method was used to choose 424 pepole in rural population of Guichi City. They were investigated by filling a questionnaire, which mainly includes the knowledge, attitude related to Hepatitis B.Result Rural population investigated had a poor knowledge on Hepatitis B as a whole. The average score they obtained was 4.57±4.88 while the total score was 19. The majority of Rural population do not have enough the knowledge on Hepatitis B, only 27.83 percent of residents has injected the vaccination of hepatitis B vaccine, 23.11 per cent of the population want to inject the vaccination of hepatitis B vaccine. The differences of Hepatitis B-related knowledge scores they get among whether suffering from the hepatitis,whether there is a hepatitis B patients of relatives ,whether or not the detection of hepatitis B antigen, the total income of all families had statistical significance (P<0.05). The result from multiple regression showed that the main factors which affected the scores were whether suffering from the hepatitis,whether there is a hepatitis B patients of relatives ,whether or not the detection of hepatitis B antigen. Conclusion Rural population in Guichi City had a poor knowledge on Hepatitis B, some health education and intervention work should be strengthened among rural population.