Iranian Journal of Virology
مجله ویروس شناسی ایران
Iran J Virol
Medical Sciences
http://journal.isv.org.ir
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admin
1735-5680
2588-5030
10.21859/isv
en
jalali
1393
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gregorian
2014
11
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Health Literacy Disparities about Hepatitis B: A National Assessment in Iran
عمومى
General
پژوهشي
Original article
<p>Background: Worldwide, about 350 million people are infected with Hepatitis B virus (HBV), most of them in Asia. Up to 1 million of them die due to these sequels annually. Few studies concerned about HBV awareness of Iranians young people. As health education programs should be based on awareness of target group about the disease, we conducted a national survey to evaluate health literacy and vaccination status of Iranians young people regarding HBV. Objectives: The purpose of our study was to find Iranian adolescents’ health literacy deficit hepatitis B (HBV) and associated factors. Patients and Methods: We conducted a questionnaire-based national survey of 18-year-old adolescents according to stratified cluster random sampling in Iran during 2007. Results: Assuming 75% as the appropriate awareness, only 21.3% of adolescents had good literacy about hepatitis B. Lower levels of education, living in urban areas, celibacy and male gender were associated with lower health literacy. The health literacy of HBV infected people about major routes of HBV transmission was low (P < 0.001). Conclusions: There are important deficits in adolescents’ health literacy about HBV. We should focus on implementing educational campaigns about HBV through media tools for Iranian community.</p>
Health literacy, Hepatitis B
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http://journal.isv.org.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-61-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Nader
Roushan
nroshan@tums.ac.ir
10031947532846003290
10031947532846003290
No
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran Univer sity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kiandokht
Bashiri
bashiri_kian@yahoo.com
10031947532846003291
10031947532846003291
Yes
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Alipasha
Meysamie
meysamie@gmail.com
10031947532846003292
10031947532846003292
No
Department of Preventive and Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohsen
Nasiri Toosi
mohsen_nasiri@yahoo.com
10031947532846003293
10031947532846003293
No
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran Univer sity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran