Evaluation of a school-based health education program on hepatitis B virus infection prevention practice in rural South-Western, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection prevention is most effective early in childhood with vaccination programme. However, where this is missed, primary prevention modes of intervention become an alternative recommendation to be considered before the occurrence of risk exposure to the virus. This study sought to evaluate outcomes of a theory-based HBV infection prevention educational intervention among students from four selected secondary schools in Ogun state, Nigeria.

Methodology

A quasi-experimental design enrolling 256 consenting secondary school students from four schools in Ogun state randomized into three intervention schools consisting teacher-instructed (E1), peer-directed (E2) and combination of the two (E3) respectively with a control group ( C) was implem

SUBMITTER: Olaoye T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893707 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature