PMID- 23764171
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150902
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2013 Jun 13
TI  - Hepatitis B knowledge, perceptions and practices in the French general 
      population: the room for improvement.
PG  - 576
LID - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-576 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Little is known about the knowledge, perceptions and prevention 
      practices of the French general population with respect to Hepatitis B virus 
      (HBV) infection. This article describes this population's knowledge of HBV, their 
      perceptions of the disease, and associated screening and vaccination practices. 
      It compares these indicators with those observed in the same population for HIV, 
      an infection with a chronic course and transmission modes resembling those of 
      HBV. METHODS: A module on hepatitis B was added into the HIV KABP (Knowledge, 
      Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices) survey which was carried out telephonically in 
      2010 among a random sample of 9,014 individuals aged between 18-69 and living in 
      metropolitan France. RESULTS: Compared with HIV, the general population was less 
      aware that needle exchange during intravenous drug use and sexual relationships 
      are HBV transmission modes (HBV: 89.9% and 69.7%; HIV: 99.1% and 99.4%). The fear 
      of both illnesses was similar at 20.3%. The individual perceived risk of 
      infection was higher for HBV than for HIV with, respectively, 60.8% and 40.3% of 
      respondents believing they had an equal or greater risk of being infected than 
      the average person. However, the percentage of those reporting HBV screening 
      during their lifetime (27.4%) was half that for HIV screening (61.4%). In 
      multivariate analysis, HBV screening was reported more often by individuals born 
      in areas with high HBV endemicity (OR = 2.1 [95% CI: 1.5-2.9]) than by those born 
      in low HBV endemicity areas, and more often by those who reported they had taken 
      drugs intravenously during their lifetime (OR = 2.2 [95% CI: 1.2-4.2]) than those 
      who did not report such behavior. Almost one in two respondents (47%) reported 
      HBV vaccination. The intermediate or high endemicity groups did not report 
      vaccination more often than those born in low endemicity areas nor did those 
      reporting intravenously drug use compared with those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: 
      This study highlights very contrasting levels of knowledge, perceptions and 
      practices regarding HBV and HIV in the French general population. Our results 
      demonstrate the need to improve the general and high-risk populations' knowledge 
      of HBV, in particular concerning sexual transmission, in order to improve 
      screening and vaccination practices.
FAU - Brouard, Cecile
AU  - Brouard C
AD  - Department for infectious diseases, French Institute for Public Health 
      Surveillance (InVS), 12, rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex, 94415, France. 
      c.brouard@invs.sante.fr.
FAU - Gautier, Arnaud
AU  - Gautier A
FAU - Saboni, Leila
AU  - Saboni L
FAU - Jestin, Christine
AU  - Jestin C
FAU - Semaille, Caroline
AU  - Semaille C
FAU - Beltzer, Nathalie
AU  - Beltzer N
CN  - KABP France group
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130613
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Communicable Disease Control
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - Endemic Diseases
MH  - Female
MH  - France
MH  - HIV Infections/transmission
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Hepatitis B/diagnosis/prevention & control/*transmission
MH  - *Hepatitis B virus
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mass Screening
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Perception
MH  - Risk
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control/virology
MH  - Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications
MH  - Unsafe Sex
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Vaccination
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3849746
FIR - Dore, Veronique
IR  - Dore V
FIR - Beltzer, Nathalie
IR  - Beltzer N
FIR - Gremy, Isabelle
IR  - Gremy I
FIR - Pedrono, Gaelle
IR  - Pedrono G
FIR - Saboni, Leila
IR  - Saboni L
FIR - Sauvage, Claire
IR  - Sauvage C
FIR - Sommen, Cecile
IR  - Sommen C
FIR - Brouard, Cecile
IR  - Brouard C
FIR - Jauffret-Roustide, Marie
IR  - Jauffret-Roustide M
FIR - La Ruche, Guy
IR  - La Ruche G
FIR - Le Vu, Stephane
IR  - Le Vu S
FIR - Semaille, Caroline
IR  - Semaille C
FIR - Beck, Francois
IR  - Beck F
FIR - Gautier, Arnaud
IR  - Gautier A
FIR - Guignard, Romain
IR  - Guignard R
FIR - Jestin, Christine
IR  - Jestin C
FIR - Lydie, Nathalie
IR  - Lydie N
FIR - Richard, Jean-Baptiste
IR  - Richard JB
FIR - Warszawski, Josiane
IR  - Warszawski J
EDAT- 2013/06/15 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/04 06:00
PMCR- 2013/06/13
CRDT- 2013/06/15 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/06/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/06/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/06/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/06/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-2458-13-576 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-576 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2013 Jun 13;13:576. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-576.