title: [Vaccination against hepatitis B in France in 1996].
abstract: A national campain aimed at promoting immunization against hepatitis B was launched in 1994. Two years later, a survey was designed to estimate the situation of the hepatitis B vaccination in France. Around ninety per cent of physicians were hepatitis B vaccinated. The rate of vaccinated population among public hospitals personnel were more than 90% and lower in private hospitals (79%). A quarter of the general population was vaccinated and the higher rate (69%) was observed in the 13-20 years young people. Progressively the contribution of the physicians to the vaccination was increasing (89% in 1996). After a selective vaccination of risk groups and the instauration of the prevention of mother/infant transmission, the French programme was extended to cover adolescents and children. The success of the hepatitis B vaccination campain was obtained by the promotion message toward population and physicians.
authors.affiliation: Service de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goudeau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aufrère
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010820:Physicians; D011247:Pregnancy; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines