Table 4.
Exposure to information regarding hepatitis B.
| Variables | All Participants n = 893 |
HCW in High-Risk Unit n = 347 |
HCW in Low-Risk Unit n = 160 |
Non HCW n = 386 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heard about hepatitis B vaccination | ||||
| Yes | 729 (81.6) | 340 (98.0) | 152 (95.0) | 237 (61.4) |
| No | 164 (18.4) | 7 (2.0) | 8 (5.0) | 149 (38.6) |
| Source of information * a | (n = 729) | (n = 340) | (n = 152) | (n = 237) |
| Health provider | 527 (72.3) | 289 (85.0) | 125 (82.2) | 113 (47.7) |
| Health community | 34 (4.7) | 11 (3.2) | 5 (3.3) | 18 (7.6) |
| Family/relatives | 161 (22.1) | 93 (27.4) | 49 (32.2) | 19 (8.0) |
| Community/Religious leaders | 17 (2.3) | 10 (2.9) | 3 (2.0) | 4 (1.7) |
| Media | 397 (54.5) | 229 (67.4) | 108 (71.1) | 60 (25.3) |
| Seminar/Training | 43 (5.9) | 25 (7.4) | 3 (2.0) | 15 (6.3) |
| Media platform ** b | (n = 397) | (n = 229) | (n = 108) | (n = 60) |
| Television | 251 (63.2) | 153 (66.8) | 73 (67.6) | 25 (41.7) |
| Social media | 215 (54.2) | 146 (63.8) | 59 (54.6) | 10 (16.7) |
| Poster | 88 (22.2) | 63 (27.5) | 18 (16.7) | 7 (11.7) |
| Newspaper | 63 (15.9) | 41 (17.9) | 17 (15.7) | 5 (8.3) |
| Radio | 27 (6.8) | 22 (9.6) | 5 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Internet | 17 (4.3) | 8 (3.5) | 4 (3.7) | 5 (8.3) |
HCW = Health Care Worker. * Includes only those respondents who had ever heard about hepatitis B vaccination at the time of the survey. ** Includes only those respondents who received information of hepatitis B vaccination from media platform at the time of the survey. a participant had more than one source of information. b participant used more than one media platform.