Study on Status and Willingness towards Hepatitis B Vaccination among Migrant Workers in Chongqing, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Hui Xiang, Xiaojun Tang, Meng Xiao, Lin Gan, Kun Chu, Shan Li, Yu Tian and Xun Lei
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Hui Xiang: School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Xiaojun Tang: School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Meng Xiao: School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Lin Gan: School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Kun Chu: School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Shan Li: School of Clinical Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Yu Tian: Nan’an District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing 400067
Xun Lei: School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 20, 1-12

Abstract: Background: Rural-to-urban migrant workers may serve as a bridge population for the cross-regional spread of hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) due to frequent shifts between their work areas and homelands, and they are less likely to be covered by the national hepatitis B (HB) immunization program. This study aimed to investigate the current inoculation status of HB vaccine among migrant workers and the willingness to be vaccinated among non-vaccinated ones. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey using anonymous interviews with migrant workers selected by two-stage cluster sampling from July to December 2018. Binary logistic regression models were adopted to detect influencing factors associated with HB inoculation status and vaccination willingness. Results: 1574 respondents were recruited in the surveys, and 773 (49.11%) respondents reported that they had been inoculated with HB vaccine. Only 285 (35.58%) non-vaccinated respondents were willing to be inoculated. Logistic regression indicated that younger age, higher education level, less wearing of condoms, higher knowledge scores of HB, and higher risk perception of HBV infection were positively associated with inoculation of HB vaccine. Respondents who were more highly educated, and drinkers, with higher knowledge scores of HB and with higher risk perception of HBV infection were more willing to be vaccinated. Conclusions: the HB vaccination rate of migrant workers in Chongqing was relatively low and only a small section of non-vaccinated migrant workers had vaccination willingness. Health interventions and policies are needed to improve knowledge and cognition of HB among migrant workers, particularly for those who are older, less educated, poor in HB knowledge, less likely to wear condoms, and non-drinkers. Peer education, as well as the combination of traditional and new media, would be accessible and effective ways to disseminate HB related knowledge for migrant workers.

Keywords: migrant workers; hepatitis B; vaccination status; willingness to vaccinate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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