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Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Infants infected perinatally with hepatitis B (HBV) are at the highest risk of developing chronic hepatitis and associated sequelae. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HBV requires improved screening and awareness of the disease. This study evaluated existing HBV knowledge among p...

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Autores principales: Thahir, Sahal, Tulenko, Samantha E., Ngimbi, Patrick, Ntambua, Sarah, Matondo, Jolie, Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka, Tabala, Martine, Kaba, Didine, Yotebieng, Marcel, Parr, Jonathan B., Thompson, Peyton
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000450
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author Thahir, Sahal
Tulenko, Samantha E.
Ngimbi, Patrick
Ntambua, Sarah
Matondo, Jolie
Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka
Tabala, Martine
Kaba, Didine
Yotebieng, Marcel
Parr, Jonathan B.
Thompson, Peyton
author_facet Thahir, Sahal
Tulenko, Samantha E.
Ngimbi, Patrick
Ntambua, Sarah
Matondo, Jolie
Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka
Tabala, Martine
Kaba, Didine
Yotebieng, Marcel
Parr, Jonathan B.
Thompson, Peyton
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description Infants infected perinatally with hepatitis B (HBV) are at the highest risk of developing chronic hepatitis and associated sequelae. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HBV requires improved screening and awareness of the disease. This study evaluated existing HBV knowledge among pregnant mothers (n = 280) enrolled in two HBV studies in urban maternity centers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. All mothers responded to three knowledge questions upon study enrollment. Baseline levels of knowledge related to HBV transmission, treatment, prevention, and symptoms were low across all participants: 68.8% did not know how HBV was transmitted, 70.7% did not know how to prevent or treat HBV MTCT, and 79.6% did not know signs and symptoms of HBV. Over half of participants responded “I don’t know” to all questions. HBV-positive women who participated in both studies (n = 46) were asked the same questions during both studies and showed improved knowledge after screening and treatment, despite no formal educational component in either study (p < 0.001). These findings highlight the need for intensified education initiatives in highly endemic areas to improve PMTCT efforts.
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spelling pubmed-100218142023-03-17 Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Thahir, Sahal Tulenko, Samantha E. Ngimbi, Patrick Ntambua, Sarah Matondo, Jolie Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka Tabala, Martine Kaba, Didine Yotebieng, Marcel Parr, Jonathan B. Thompson, Peyton PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Infants infected perinatally with hepatitis B (HBV) are at the highest risk of developing chronic hepatitis and associated sequelae. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HBV requires improved screening and awareness of the disease. This study evaluated existing HBV knowledge among pregnant mothers (n = 280) enrolled in two HBV studies in urban maternity centers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. All mothers responded to three knowledge questions upon study enrollment. Baseline levels of knowledge related to HBV transmission, treatment, prevention, and symptoms were low across all participants: 68.8% did not know how HBV was transmitted, 70.7% did not know how to prevent or treat HBV MTCT, and 79.6% did not know signs and symptoms of HBV. Over half of participants responded “I don’t know” to all questions. HBV-positive women who participated in both studies (n = 46) were asked the same questions during both studies and showed improved knowledge after screening and treatment, despite no formal educational component in either study (p < 0.001). These findings highlight the need for intensified education initiatives in highly endemic areas to improve PMTCT efforts. Public Library of Science 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10021814/ /pubmed/36962537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000450 Text en © 2022 Thahir et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Thahir, Sahal
Tulenko, Samantha E.
Ngimbi, Patrick
Ntambua, Sarah
Matondo, Jolie
Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka
Tabala, Martine
Kaba, Didine
Yotebieng, Marcel
Parr, Jonathan B.
Thompson, Peyton
Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
title Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_fullStr Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full_unstemmed Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_short Low knowledge about hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_sort low knowledge about hepatitis b prevention among pregnant women in kinshasa, democratic republic of congo
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000450
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