Table 2.

Knowledge of “hepatitis B”

	All (N = 149)	Lay population (n = 105)	Informal health workers (n = 31)	Formal health workers (n = 13)
Knowledge of “hepatitis B”
Never heard	88 (59%)	75 (71%)	13 (42%)	0
Ever heard but cannot describe	32 (22%)	22 (21%)	6 (19%)	4 (31%)
Ever heard and can describe	29 (19%)	8 (8%)	12 (39%)	9 (69%)
If you have heard of “hepatitis B,” what was the source of information?
Health workers	32 (53%)	9 (30%)	11 (61%)	12 (92%)
Radio	14 (23%)	12 (40%)	2 (11%)	0
Family or friend	5 (8%)	3 (10%)	2 (11%)	0
Do not recall	10 (16%)	6 (20%)	3 (17%)	1 (8%)