Table 2.

Hepatitis B knowledge (N = 240)

Do you know how hepatitis B spreads?	Yes	No	Do not know
Eating contaminated food*	10 %	84 %	6 %
Tattoo or body piercing	6 %	87 %	7 %
Sharing needles or other injection equipment	6 %	86 %	8 %
Transfusion of infected blood	55 %	40 %	4 %
Sexual contact	20 %	73 %	7 %
Mother-to-infant transmission during childbirth	20 %	73 %	6 %
* All “yes” answers in this section are correct with the exception of this one, for which “no” is the correct answer.
Do you know the symptoms of acute hepatitis B?†	Yes	No	Do not know
Weakness and fatigue	43 %	53 %	4 %
Loss of appetite	65 %	32 %	3 %
Nausea and vomiting	39 %	55 %	6 %
Upper abdominal discomfort	53 %	42 %	5 %
Tea-coloured urine	46 %	50 %	5 %
Yellowing of skin	43 %	52 %	5 %
† All “yes” answers in this section are correct.
Which of the following conditions may arise from chronic hepatitis B infection?‡	Yes	No	Do not know
Liver cirrhosis	14 %	78 %	8 %
Liver cancer	30 %	63 %	7 %
Liver failure	8 %	83 %	10 %
‡ All “yes” answers in this section are correct.
Should a mother with hepatitis B breastfeed her baby?§	Yes	No	Do not know
	35 %	60 %	5 %
§ The correct answer is “yes.”

* All “yes” answers in this section are correct with the exception of this one, for which “no” is the correct answer

† All “yes” answers in this section are correct

‡ All “yes” answers in this section are correct

§ The correct answer is “yes”