Physician acceptance of the hepatitis B vaccine at a university medical center.
To examine how physicians at different training levels accepted the hepatitis B vaccine (Heptavax), we mailed questionnaires to all medical students, residents, and faculty at our university medical center. Eighty-one per cent responded; 57 per cent of those had been vaccinated. Attitudes of vaccine safety and efficacy and the perception of increased risk of getting hepatitis B were associated with having been vaccinated. The associations were strongest for the faculty and weak or negative for the medical students.
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009516:New Mexico; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines