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Hepatitis B prevalence, risk factors, infection awareness and disease knowledge among inmates: a cross-sectional study in Switzerland's largest pre-trial prison

Published inJournal of Global Health, vol. 8, no. 2, 020407
Publication date2018
Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major health concern in prison, but data are scarce in European prisons. This study aims to measure the prevalence of HBV infection, risk factors, awareness about infection, and HBV knowledge among inmates in Switzerland's largest pre-trial prison.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Health Knowledge
  • Attitudes
  • Practice
  • Hepatitis B/epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Prisoners/psychology/statistics & numerical data
  • Risk Factors
  • Switzerland/epidemiology
  • Young Adult
Funding
  • Autre - Federal Office of Public Health (grant number 09.003678)
  • Autre - Medical Direction of the Geneva University Hospitals
Citation (ISO format)
GETAZ, Laurent et al. Hepatitis B prevalence, risk factors, infection awareness and disease knowledge among inmates: a cross-sectional study in Switzerland’s largest pre-trial prison. In: Journal of Global Health, 2018, vol. 8, n° 2, p. 020407. doi: 10.7189/jogh-08-020407
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ISSN of the journal2047-2978
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