ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health-Care Workers About Viral Hepatitis B and C in South Kivu.
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- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Hepatitis B Infection and HBV Vaccine Among the Healthy Population in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Low level of awareness and prevention of hepatitis B among Congolese healthcare workers: urgent need for policy implementation.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- The Cross-Sectional Study of attitudes towards risk factors of viral infections transmitted by blood-borne pathogens.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2023Article
- Assessment of hepatitis-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices on quality of life with the moderating role of internalized stigma among hepatitis B-positive patients in Pakistan.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Hepatitis B virus infection status and associated factors among health care workers in selected hospitals in Kisumu County, Kenya: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence among patients and healthcare workers' prevention practices towards the viruses in a secondary healthcare facility in Northern Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- A training for health care workers to integrate hepatitis B care and treatment into routine HIV care in a high HBV burden, poorly resourced region of Uganda: the '2for1' project.BMC medical education · 2022Article
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- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices toward Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Students of Medicine in Vietnam.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.PloS one · 2021Article
- Assessing the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in a referral hospital in Kisantu, Congo DR: a pilot study.Industrial health · 2019Article
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- Prevalence and associated knowledge of hepatitis B infection among healthcare workers in Freetown, Sierra Leone.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
Health-care workers (HCWs) are at risk of infections associated with accidental exposure to blood, including viral hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV). A survey using a questionnaire was conducted on 250 HCW in Bukavu, an eastern town of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to analyze their attitude and knowledge about these two viruses. A response rate of 86.8% (217/250) was obtained. The mean age of the respondents was 39.6 ± 9.8 years, in majority from paramedical staff (66.4%) and with more than 5 years of professional experience (60.8%). The mean proportion of adequate answers on HBV and HCV was 33.2% (±11%) and 30.6% (±7%), respectively. Ninety-three HCW (42.8%) reported recent experience of blood exposure accident, more frequently among the paramedical staff (50%) than physicians (28.8%;
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