Assessment of Knowledge and Practice on Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention Among Students of University in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State.
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2023-12
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Lead City University
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Hepatitis B virus is more infectious than HIV, and the virus is endemic in Nigeria. The study was carried out among the students of Bamidele Olumilua University Education Sciences and Technology Ikere Ekiti aimed at investigating the knowledge and practice on Hepatitis B virus infection prevention. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge and practice of the students regarding HBV infection prevention. The design was cross sectional study where data was collected using self-administered questionnaires given to about 400 students using and analysis was carried out by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. The results showed that 52% of the respondents have knowledge of HBV while 40% have not heard of HBV. 13.6% have undergone screening for HBV and only 14,6% had received vaccination. Minority demonstrated good practice towards prevention of HBV infection. It was concluded that low screening rates, lack of HBV vaccine uptake and poor practice towards infection prevention heightened the vulnerability of the students to HBV infection. Recommendation was made that adequate educational campaign to create awareness and prevention of the infection should be regularly done. Access to screening and vaccination should be made available to the students.
Keywords: Hepatitis B Virus, Knowledge, Practice, Infection, Prevention, Vaccination.
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Hepatitis B Virus, Knowledge, Practice, Infection, Prevention, Vaccination.