Awareness and Vaccine Coverage of Hepatitis B among Cameroonian Medical Students

Table 4

Positive and negative attitudes towards the hepatitis B vaccine.

Characteristic	Yes (%)
Positive attitudes
I am at risk because of the nature of my work (N=690)	608 (88.12)
Vaccination prevents spread of infection to patients (N=692)	584 (84.39)
Vaccination protects my family members (N=698)	634 (90.83)
Hepatitis B is a serious disease (N=698)	678 (97.13)
Hepatitis vaccine is effective in preventing the disease (N=698)	650 (93.12)
the vaccine is available at my work place (N=680)	201 (29.41)
the risk of death among vaccinated persons is reduced compared to the non vaccinated (N=690)	626 (90.72)
Negative attitudes
I am worried about its adverse effects (N=690)	338 (48.99)
I am afraid of infection (N=692)	272 (39.31)
It is not effective in disease protection (N=686)	66 (9.62)
I am not at high risk of contracting HBV (N=690)	114 (16.52)
The vaccine is not available (N=688)	110 (15.99)
I have limited contact with high risk persons (N=686)	144 (22.45)

N: Number of participants with the available information on the variable.