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Acceptance of hepatitis B vaccine among hospital workers. 1986

H C Bodenheimer, and J P Fulton, and P D Kramer

Data on sociodemographic status, health beliefs, knowledge of hepatitis B, experience with prior vaccinations, health locus of control, and desire to receive hepatitis B vaccine were assessed in 1,500 hospital employees. Twenty per cent of the variance of the decision to accept vaccine could be explained; beliefs about the safety and efficacy of vaccine influenced acceptance most. Beliefs concerning the likelihood of contracting hepatitis B and the chance of becoming severely ill were less important determinants of vaccine acceptance. Additional factors studied, including knowledge, experience with vaccinations, and sociodemographic status, were important independent determinants of health beliefs. We conclude that the beliefs of health care providers, particularly regarding the safety and efficacy of hepatitis B vaccine, have a major impact on their decision to accept or reject vaccine. Health education interventions may be most effective when addressing beliefs about vaccine safety and efficacy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007389	Internal-External Control	Personality construct referring to an individual's perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1996).	Locus of Control,External-Internal Control,Sense of Control,Control Locus,Control, External-Internal,Controls, External-Internal,Controls, Internal-External,Internal-External Controls
D007407	Interviews as Topic	Works about conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes works about school admission or job interviews.	Group Interviews,Interviewers,Interviews, Telephone,Oral History as Topic,Group Interview,Interview, Group,Interview, Telephone,Interviewer,Interviews, Group,Telephone Interview,Telephone Interviews
D008297	Male		Males
D010564	Personnel, Hospital	The individuals employed by the hospital.	Hospital Personnel
D004198	Disease Susceptibility	A constitution or condition of the body which makes the tissues react in special ways to certain extrinsic stimuli and thus tends to make the individual more than usually susceptible to certain diseases.	Diathesis,Susceptibility, Disease,Diatheses,Disease Susceptibilities,Susceptibilities, Disease
D005260	Female		Females
D006509	Hepatitis B	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS genus, HEPATITIS B VIRUS. It is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.	Hepatitis B Virus Infection
D006515	Hepatitis B virus	The type species of the genus ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS which causes human HEPATITIS B and is also apparently a causal agent in human HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. The Dane particle is an intact hepatitis virion, named after its discoverer. Non-infectious spherical and tubular particles are also seen in the serum.	Dane Particle,Hepatitis Virus, Homologous Serum,B virus, Hepatitis,Hepatitis B viruses,Particle, Dane,viruses, Hepatitis B
D006746	Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over	The number of beds 500 or more which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.	Hospital Bed Capacity 500 Over
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man