ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2001
Overcoming barriers to hepatitis B immunisation by a dedicated hepatitis B immunisation service.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Behavioral interventions for vaccination uptake: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Pooled it
- Improving access to health care for chronic hepatitis B among migrant Chinese populations: A systematic mixed methods review of barriers and enablers.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2017Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Behaviour Change Techniques within Interventions to Increase Vaccine Uptake among Ethnic Minority Populations.Vaccines · 2023Review
- Vaccination against Hepatitis B: A Scoping Review.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2020Article
- Use of laboratory-based surveillance data to estimate the number of people chronically infected with hepatitis B living in Scotland.Epidemiology and infection · 2014Article
- UK vaccination schedule: persistence of immunity to hepatitis B in children vaccinated after perinatal exposure.Archives of disease in childhood · 2013Article
- Hepatitis B virus transmission in pre-adolescent schoolchildren in four multi-ethnic areas of England.Epidemiology and infection · 2013Article
- Should universal hepatitis B immunisation be introduced in the UK?Archives of disease in childhood · 2006Review
- Uptake and behavioural and attitudinal determinants of immunization in an expanded routine infant hepatitis B vaccination program in British Columbia.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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Abstract
aimsTo determine the effectiveness of a selective hospital based hepatitis B immunisation programme and the barriers to be overcome in obtaining a successful outcome.
methodsRetrospective case note review of 265 infants born over a five year period to hepatitis B carrier mothers at a university affiliated hospital in Hackney, London.
resultsA total of 242 infants (91%) were fully vaccinated; 217 (82%) had serology; 31 required booster doses. Percentages failing to reach second, third vaccinations, and serology on schedule rose exponentially (7%, 18%, 33% respectively). Mobility was high (25%) and significantly affected outcome. A total of 95% Hackney resident babies were fully vaccinated compared with 78% non-residents. Uptake of routine immunisations was higher in Hackney residents than non-residents and greater in those who were eligible for hepatitis B vaccine. Name changes occurred in 35%. Translation requirements were high (85% for Turkish, Vietnamese, and Asian families). Requirements for specific postnatal counselling of mothers and hepatology referral fell significantly during the course of the study. Only seven of 22 babies born in 1995 in Tower Hamlets compared with 53 of 58 Hackney babies received a full vaccination course in non-hospital based primary care.
conclusionIn inner city areas with high prevalence of hepatitis B carriage, mobility, and diverse ethnicity, a dedicated centralised immunisation service can be highly effective, provided that adequate support services (translation, counselling, and parental referral) are available.
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