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dc.contributor.authorHuq, Sazia
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Sarder Mahmud
dc.contributor.authorHaque, Syed Mohammad Tanjilul
dc.contributor.authorAkter, Selina
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-14T03:56:04Z
dc.date.available2016-12-14T03:56:04Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationHuq, Sazia; Hossain, Sarder Mahmud; Haque, Syed Mohammad Tanjilul; Akter, Selina (2016). Knowledge, attitude and practice on hepatitis-B infection among infected patients in a Homoeopathy Medical Center in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. South East Asia Journal Of Public Health, 6(1), 27-31.en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 2220-9476
dc.identifier.issn2313-531X (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1011
dc.description.abstractViral hepatitis is the commonest liver disease in Bangladesh. About 10 million people in Bangladesh have been suffering from hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a potentiality life threatening liver infection caused by HBV. It is a major global health problem and the most serious type of viral hepatitis. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on Hepatitis B Virus infection among the selected patients in Essence Homoeopathy Medical Center, Dhaka. A descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out among 150 samples by using non-randomized purposive sampling technique and by the help of pretested modified questionnaire. Statistical association was calculated by chi-square test and all the Hepatitis B related data were analyzed by the help of SPSS (version 16). The study showed that 73.3% of the respondents’ age ranged from 15-35 years with mean age (32.44±10.54) and of them 96.7% was found to be Muslims. Among injectable drug users (IDUs) (19.3%), 27.6% was sharing same needle. Approximately 5% of the respondents had a history of taking unscreened blood among 28% of the respondents who experienced blood transfusion. Another concerning issue was that 77% of the respondents practiced polygamy sex and among them only 38.8% used protecting device during sexual activity. Majority (70.7%) of the respondents did not take HBV vaccine. Significant statistical association was found between education and vaccination against HBV (p-0.000). To prevent this deadly disease mass awareness has to be created among the people of active age group through media education and policy implementation.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Health Foundation Bangladeshen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis B Virus (HBV)en_US
dc.subjectIDUsen_US
dc.subjectKAPen_US
dc.subjectMass awarenessen_US
dc.subjectBangladeshen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and practice on hepatitis-B infection among infected patients in a Homoeopathy Medical Center in Dhaka City, Bangladeshen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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