Screening high risk individuals for hepatitis B: physician knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs.

Abstract

Respondents endorsed most-but not all-CDC supported HBV screening practices.

Lower adherence was predicted by specific and modifiable KAB profiles, and by younger age.

Future efforts to improve adherence should target trainees, emphasize the importance of obtaining sexual histories in high risk patients, and inform that HBV is predominantly a heterosexually transmitted infection.

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Subjects

• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Female
• Guideline Adherence
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis B Vaccines
• Hepatitis B virus
• Humans
• Incidence
• Male
• Mass Screening
• Middle Aged
• Physician's Practice Patterns
• Risk Factors
• United States
• Vaccination

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Authors

• Temitope Foster
• Huiming Hon
• Fasiha Kanwal
• Steven Han
• Brennan Spiegel

Publication date

2011-12-05

Journal

Journal topics

• Gastroenterology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Digestive diseases and sciences

Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr. S.E. Rm 437, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. tyfoste [at] emory.edu

Release reference

Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Dec;56(12):3471-87

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