Mother’s Awareness about Zero Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccination for their New Born Baby at Birth

Ahmed Metawlly, Karima; Abd El Moneem Elsayied, Hemat; Khalil Ibrahim, Wafaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.237714

Mother’s Awareness about Zero Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccination for their New Born Baby at Birth

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ B.Sc. in Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University

² Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University

³ Lecturer of Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2022.237714

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a potentially life threatening liver infection. It
is a major global public health problem and known to cause chronic hepatitis with high risk of mortality
resulting from hepatic cirrhosis and cancer. Objective: The study aimed to assess mother’s awareness
about zero dose of Hepatitis B vaccination for their new born baby at birth. Study Design: A descriptive
research design was used in this study to meet the aim of the study. Setting: The present study was
conducted at Maternal and Child Health Center in ElQanater, Qaluia Governorate. The study involved
224 mother’s attending the previous setting in child bearing period, infected or free from hepatitis B
infection through two days per week Tools for data collection: Two tools were used to collect the
necessary data: Tool I: An interviewing Questionnaire included the following parts; Part 1 : Socio-
demographic data of the studied mother. Part 2: Mother's knowledge assessment questionnaire the
mother’s knowledge about (a) Hepatitis B virus infections, (b) zero dose of Hepatitis B, mothers practices
regarding vaccinated against hepatitis. Part 3: Mothers practices regarding screening for Hepatitis B
during antenatal period, Tool II: Vaccination examination attitude scale of studied mothers. Results:
Based on the results and research question of the present study it can be concluded that; more than half of
the studied mothers had average level of knowledge about zero doses vaccination and hepatitis B
infection, more than one third of them had good knowledge. While, less than quarter of them had poor
level of knowledge. Also, it was found that there was more than half of the studied mothers had negative
attitude regarding zero dose of hepatitis B virus vaccination. While, less than half of them had positive
attitude. Conclusion: The study showed that, there was highly significant positive correlation between
total mother`s knowledge about zero dose of hepatitis B virus infections and their practice. While there
was significant positive correlation between total mother`s knowledge and their attitude. Also there was
significant positive correlation between total mother`s practice and their attitude. Recommendation:
Emphasizes the need to enhance the public health education efforts to improve hepatitis B knowledge
among women in reproductive age. Increase awareness regard the benefits of hepatitis B vaccine,
concerns about vaccine safety for newborn were prevalent.

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