Hepatitis B vaccination in United Kingdom accident and emergency departments.

Abstract

SUMMARYHepatitis B vaccination is not widespread amongst staff in accident and emergency departments in the United Kingdom. The results of a survey of departments training senior registrars reveal that unfounded fears concerning the safety of the vaccine are responsible for the low uptake. The need for vaccination, cost, medicolegal aspects and future developments are discussed.

Factors affecting the decision of nursing students in Taiwan to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B infection

“…Furthermore, the association between 'concern about the efficacy of the Hepatitis B vaccine' and the uptake of vaccination would become significant (F=4-835, P=0-03, Table 3) if the comparison was hased on the vaccinated and unvaccinated group and excluded the incompletely vaccinated group. This result was consistent with the finding that 'concern regarding vaccine efficacy' was of paramount importance in the decision to be vaccinated in other studies (Israsena et aL 1992, Mckenzie 1992, Spence & Dash 1990, Alexander et al 1990, Harward et al 1988, Heyworth 1988, Bodenheimer et al 1986, Kwon et al 1984.…”

“…The completed vaccination rate was 69-2% in this study which, in general, was higher than that identified in earlier studies (22-69%) (Briggs & Thomas 1994, Murata & Young 1993, Mckenzie 1992, Israsena et al 1992, Scapa et al 1989, Harward et al 1988, Heyworth 1988, Kwon et al 1984, Triger 1984. In spite of this, 31-8% of respondents failed to complete the full vaccination schedule.…”

“…Among the attitudinal factors, three common reasons were found to explain the failure to he vaccinated. The first involved fear of the side-effects, concern about the efficacy of vaccination, and other fears including general fear, fear of AIDS and fear of contracting jaundice/ Hepatitis B (Briggs & Thomas 1994, Murata & Young 1993, Israsena et al 1992, Mckenzie 1992, Alexander et al 1990, Spence & Dash 1990, Scapa et al 1989, Harward et al 1988, Heyworth 1988, Bodenheimer et aL 1986, Kwon et aL 1984, Triger 1984. The second reason was related to organizational self-motivation factors such as being too busy, inertia and inability to schedule an appointment (Briggs & Thomas 1994, Murata & Young 1993, Mckenzie 1992, Astbury & Baxter 1990, Spence & Dash 1990, Kwon et al 1984.…”

“…The second reason was related to organizational self-motivation factors such as being too busy, inertia and inability to schedule an appointment (Briggs & Thomas 1994, Murata & Young 1993, Mckenzie 1992, Astbury & Baxter 1990, Spence & Dash 1990, Kwon et al 1984. The third reason was awareness of the availability of vaccination and information about infection (Briggs & Thomas 1994, Murata & Young 1993, Mckenzie 1992, Astbury & Baxter 1990, Spence & Dash 1990, Scapa et al 1989, Heyworth 1988, Kwon et al 1984. It should be noted that the 'perceived susceptibility and severity' identified as the most important determinants in the Health Belief Model (HBM), showed inconsistent results.…”

<p>Hepatitis B Vaccination Uptake Rate and Predictors in Healthcare Professionals of Ethiopia</p>

“…This finding is congruent to literatures respectively from India, 9 Georgia, 31 and England. 32 It also agrees with a study that described "[T]he main reason for declining vaccination was the risk of vaccine side effects." 33 The aftermath of a person's perceived susceptibility to the…”