Table 2.

Hepatitis B knowledge in the intervention group (n=441), Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Areas, 2009-2010.

Knowledge	Questions	%Right answer Baseline	%Right answer Post- education
HBV transmission mode (10)	From infected mother to child during childbirth	59.2	94.6
	By eating food prepared by an infected person	45.2	95.0
	By sharing a toothbrush with an infected person	69.8	84.8
	By sharing food with an infected person ^ J	34.2	91.6
	By sharing a razor with an infected person C.SS'	62.6	92.1
	By eating food that has been pre-chewed by an infected person	16.6*	62.6
	By being coughed or sneezed by an infected person	33.1	87.3
	By having sexual intercourse with an infected person	62.2	94.6
	By holding hands with an infected person	65.3	96.6
	By breast feeding from an infected mother	18.4*	75.5
Sequelae of HBV (7)	Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer	70.3	96.1
	Chronic hepatitis B causes liver cancer and/or cirrhosis if not properly managed	82.1	99.1
	People with hepatitis B are infected for life	38.8	64.4
	Hepatitis B infection cannot be cured, but the disease can be managed	52.4	76.6
	The majority of chronic hepatitis-B patients have no symptoms	43.8	81.6
	Hepatitis B virus is significantly more contagious than HIV/AIDS	33.6*	85.5
	A hepatitis B infected person, who looks and feels healthy, can still spread hepatitis B	71.9	95.9