[The analysis on the hepatitis B awareness and factors influencing of reproductive women in poverty rural areas of Gansu province].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the Hepatitis B (HB) awareness, ways of obtaining knowledge and related factors to reproductive women, to analyze the influential factors and provide strategies for HB control.


METHODS
Three counties were selected random in Gansu, one town was from each county, five villages from each town, about fifty reproductive women aged from 15 to 45 in each village were investigated by questionnaires.


RESULTS
The HB awareness of 790 Reproductive women was 47.82%. Awareness of the illiterates and the junior college degree were 27.32% and 72.87% respectively. There were no statitstic difference in different ages and channel to getting knowledge, but it has statistic difference on education level.


CONCLUSIONS
The HB awareness of women of childbearing age was low. There was discrimination to the HB virus infected people. It is necessary to conduct various health education among different people.
Li
Hui
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Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
Liu
Chang-jiang
CJ
Li
Feng-qin
FQ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001364:Awareness; D002681:China; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult