Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 57795
Implementation of a local adolescent vaccination programme against hepatitis B: pre-vaccination data
Implementation of a local adolescent vaccination programme against hepatitis B: pre-vaccination data // With EUSUHM into the next millennium-Programme and Abstracts book
Trondheim: European Union for School and University Health and Medicine, 1999. str. 53-53 (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, ostalo)
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Naslov
Implementation of a local adolescent vaccination programme against hepatitis B: pre-vaccination data
Autori
Cavenago Morović, N ; Dabo-Deželjin, Jagoda ; Stojanović, Dražen ; Jonjić, Anto ; Morović, Miro
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo
Izvornik
With EUSUHM into the next millennium-Programme and Abstracts book
/ - Trondheim : European Union for School and University Health and Medicine, 1999, 53-53
Skup
With EUSUHM into the next millennium-Programme and Abstracts book
Mjesto i datum
Trondheim, Norveška, 16.06.1999. - 19.06.1999
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Sažetak
Purpose: Selective vaccination of adolscents in two secondary schools (medical and nautical) in Zadar, Croatia is planned. Evaluation of adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and perceived risk of hepatitis B in prea-vaccination era was conducted.
Methods: In the school year 1998-1999 a total of 1050 respondents (age 13-19) in two seaports towns in Croatia, zadar and Rijeka with 100000 and 200000 inhabitants respectively, were administered a questionnaire. In medical schools 695 (66%) adolescents were examined and in nautical schools 355 (34%). Also, in Zadar their pre-vaccination blood samples were drawn to test fro the presence of anti-HBc antibodies.
Results: Adolescents had very little knowledge about hepatitis: only 63% of them knew what hepatitis is, while 57% answered that hepatitis B can be transmitted by sexual contact with infected person. 15% examined adolescents had multiple sexual contacts and 23% of them used condom. There was no significant difference in adolescents' knowledge between the age-stratified groups and between towns examined. Adolescents of medical schools obtained some better knowledge.
Conclusion: This survey showed that there is an obvious and urgent need for an intensive education of adolescents about their target disease hepatitis B, before implementation of vaccination programme.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
