Yankam Brenda Mbouamba, Anye Cho Sebastine, Nkfusai Ngwayu Claude, Shirinde Joyce, Cumber Samuel Nambile
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Department of Statistics, Faculty of Physical Science, University of Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Aug 20;33:310. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.310.16894. eCollection 2019.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major health problem worldwide owing to its high prevalence and significant morbidity and mortality. There are about 2 billion people living with HBV worldwide and over 360 million chronic carriers. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and practices of pregnant women and health care workers in the ANC and maternity units on HBV infection and its transmission.
About 270 women attending ANC and 31 health care workers were selected by convenience sampling. They were evaluated using a structured questionnaire to assess their knowledge and practices on HBV prevention and transmission.
Pregnant women in the Limbe Health District demonstrated good knowledge but adopted poor practices whereas in the Muyuka Health District, pregnant women demonstrated poor knowledge and adopted poor practices regarding the mode of transmission and prevention of HBV infection. Health care workers in both the Limbe and Muyuka Health Districts however, demonstrated good knowledge and adopted good practices.
There was a significant relationship between the knowledge and practice of pregnant women and health care workers on Hepatitis B prevention in the Muyuka Health District (P = 0.0006).
由于乙肝病毒（HBV）感染的高流行率以及显著的发病率和死亡率，它是全球范围内的一个主要健康问题。全球约有20亿人感染乙肝病毒，慢性携带者超过3.6亿。本研究的目的是评估产前保健门诊（ANC）和产科病房的孕妇及医护人员对乙肝病毒感染及其传播的知识和做法。
采用方便抽样法选取了约270名参加产前保健门诊的妇女和31名医护人员。使用结构化问卷对他们进行评估，以了解他们对乙肝病毒预防和传播的知识及做法。
林贝健康区的孕妇知识掌握良好，但做法欠佳；而在穆尤卡健康区，孕妇对乙肝病毒感染的传播方式和预防方面知识掌握不足且做法欠佳。然而，林贝和穆尤卡健康区的医护人员知识掌握良好且做法得当。
在穆尤卡健康区，孕妇和医护人员在乙肝预防方面的知识与做法之间存在显著关联（P = 0.0006）。
