Xu Yi, Liu Xi-zhen, Li Yong-dong
Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xi'An 710054, Shaanxi, China.
Zhongguo Yi Miao He Mian Yi. 2009 Jun;15(3):259-62.
To evaluate the effect on health education of Hepatitis B control and prevention in reproductive age women in rural areas to put forward valuable recommendations for the strategies of Hepatitis B control.
A project was carried out in two counties in Shaanxi Province. The measures were conducted by strengthening health education, training of medical worker, reinforcing the management of pregnant women, preventing mother-to-infant transmission of Hepatitis B virus (HBV).
The children's timely birth-dose coverage of Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) increased from 76.34% to 93.79%; the timely birth-dose coverage and full-course coverage increased to 93.28% and 92.91% respectively; reproductive age women knowledge on Hepatitis B prevention significant increased and the mother-to-infant transmission interrupted rate was 98.11%.
It have remarkably improved the coverage of HepB and knowledge on Hepatitis B prevention, interrupted mother-to-infant transmission effectively as well as. Health education of Hepatitis B control and prevention in reproductive age women in rural area has obtained excellent results.
