Table 2.
Knowledge level of the students at the college of medicine and health science, University of Gondar, 2015
| Hepatitis B knowledge questions | Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
Not sure n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HBV causes liver cancer | 200 (81.3) | 10 (4.1) | 36 (14.6) |
| HBV carriers can transmit the infection | 235 (95.5) | 4 (1.6) | 7 (2.8) |
| HBV spread by casual contact such as hand shacking | 153 (62.2) | 79 (32.1) | 14 (5.7) |
| HBV spread by contact with open wounds/cut? | 230 (93.5) | 9 (3.7) | 7 (2.8) |
| HBV can be transmitted by contaminated blood and body fluids | 239 (97.2) | 7 (2.8) | 00 (0.0) |
| HBV can be transmitted by unsterilized syringes, needles and surgical instruments | 238 (96.7) | 8 (3.3) | 00 (0.0) |
| Hepatitis B transmitted by unsafe sex | 207 (84.1) | 39 (15.9) | 00 (0.0) |
| Vaccine can prevent hepatitis B infection | 208 (84.6) | 19 (7.7) | 19 (7.7) |
| Do you think HBV has laboratory test? | 238 (96.7) | 8 (3.3) | 00 (0.0) |
| HBV has post exposure prophylaxis | 165 (67.1) | 81 (32.9) | 00 (0.0) |
| Hepatitis B can be cured/treated | 129 (52.4) | 117 (47.6) | 00 (0.0) |