@article {10.3844/ajassp.2008.747.749,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Iranian Medical Students and Nursing Staff},
author = {Amini-Ranjbar, Seddiqe and Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeel},
volume = {5},
year = {2008},
month = {Jun},
pages = {747-749},
doi = {10.3844/ajassp.2008.747.749},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2008.747.749},
abstract = {After elapsing more than a decade since the beginning of hepatitis B vaccination program in Iran, this study was designed to investigate the level of hepatitis B vaccination coverage in medical students and nursing staff of Kerman teaching hospitals and to explore the main barriers to vaccination. This cross-sectional study was performed on 493 randomly selected medical students and hospital staff working in different wards of the four teaching hospitals of Kerman, Iran (I.R.). Data gathering was done by using a questionnaire including items related to vaccination history and the main barriers to vaccination. Although 86.8% of the health care workers (HCWs) had been vaccinated against hepatitis B, complete vaccination had been performed in only 71.7% of them. Barriers to complete vaccination, in spite of good knowledge of subjects in this regard (93.6%), were negligence (44.6%), unavailability of vaccine (27.7%), fear of complications (9.2%) and lack of knowledge (6.2%). There was significant difference between the students and nurses in regard to their vaccination coverage level (p},
journal = {American Journal of Applied Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}