Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionally affects populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of HBV awareness perpetuates disease burden in Africa. Objective: To promote HBV awareness in Tanzania using a systematic, measurable, and expandable approach to educating health care work...

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Autores principales:	Nasreen S. Quadri, Shemal M. Shah, Holly Rodin, Jose D. Debes
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad75940098fb4624a8c8941da4a251fc2021-12-02T13:34:13ZPromoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania2214-999610.5334/aogh.3045https://doaj.org/article/ad75940098fb4624a8c8941da4a251fc2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3045https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionally affects populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of HBV awareness perpetuates disease burden in Africa. Objective: To promote HBV awareness in Tanzania using a systematic, measurable, and expandable approach to educating health care workers (HCW). Methods: We designed and implemented an HBV knowledge and teaching skills session in southern Tanzania to empower HCWs in leading education to promote disease awareness in their communities. Training was divided into two sessions: didactic and practical. A fivequestion anonymous survey was distributed in person immediately before and after the practical portion of the training to evaluate HBV knowledge as well as specific skills for teaching. Differences between responses before and after the sessions were evaluated by Chi-Square analysis. A sub-group of questions were further analyzed for differences based on HCW self-report of HBV serostatus awareness. Findings: 130 HCWs participated in the didactic lecture and 30 HCWs participated in both portions. A pre-post training five-question survey showed an increase in correct answers for all questions, with two showing statistical significance: HBV is silent (7% pre vs. 87% post; p < 0.0001), and repetition as key to promote awareness (63% pre vs. 100% post; p = 0.0002). Conclusions: Our low-cost intervention is applicable to increase HBV awareness in low resource settings across Africa.Nasreen S. QuadriShemal M. ShahHolly RodinJose D. DebesUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 87, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Nasreen S. Quadri Shemal M. Shah Holly Rodin Jose D. Debes Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania
description	Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionally affects populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of HBV awareness perpetuates disease burden in Africa. Objective: To promote HBV awareness in Tanzania using a systematic, measurable, and expandable approach to educating health care workers (HCW). Methods: We designed and implemented an HBV knowledge and teaching skills session in southern Tanzania to empower HCWs in leading education to promote disease awareness in their communities. Training was divided into two sessions: didactic and practical. A fivequestion anonymous survey was distributed in person immediately before and after the practical portion of the training to evaluate HBV knowledge as well as specific skills for teaching. Differences between responses before and after the sessions were evaluated by Chi-Square analysis. A sub-group of questions were further analyzed for differences based on HCW self-report of HBV serostatus awareness. Findings: 130 HCWs participated in the didactic lecture and 30 HCWs participated in both portions. A pre-post training five-question survey showed an increase in correct answers for all questions, with two showing statistical significance: HBV is silent (7% pre vs. 87% post; p < 0.0001), and repetition as key to promote awareness (63% pre vs. 100% post; p = 0.0002). Conclusions: Our low-cost intervention is applicable to increase HBV awareness in low resource settings across Africa.
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title	Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania
title_short	Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania
title_full	Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania
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title_full_unstemmed	Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania
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Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness: Evaluating an Educational Approach through Health Care Workers in Tanzania

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