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Discrimination against hepatitis B in rural China: Can HBV vaccination reduce the discrimination?
6th Euro Global Summit and Expo on Vaccines & Vaccination
August 17-19, 2015 Birmingham, UK

Yu Lijie

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Vaccines Vaccin

Abstract:

Objective: To analyze the present situation and influencing factors of discrimination against hepatitis B in rural China,
especially to prove whether HBV vaccination can reduce the discrimination or not.
Methods: By using the survey involving a sample of 9269 rural adults in 3 eastern provinces of China in 2011 and 2012, we
calculated the hepatitis B discrimination score and created a polychotomous logistic regression model to figure out the factors
influencing people’s attitude towards hepatitis B patients or carriers.
Results: 76.30% of the participants show serious discrimination against hepatitis B patients or carriers. The polychotomous
logistic regression results suggest that participants with HBV vaccination history have lower level of discrimination, and the
discrimination decreases with perceived protection of increasing HBV vaccine. Serious discrimination is also associated with
low income and poor education level.
Conclusion: Discrimination against hepatitis B patients or carriers among Chinese rural adults was serious. Increasing HBV
vaccination rate and perceived protection of HBV vaccine could reduce the discrimination against hepatitis B, and work on
eliminating discrimination should pay more attention to people with low income or no education.

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