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World J Virol. Jun 25, 2024; 13(2): 92115
Published online Jun 25, 2024. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v13.i2.92115
Parents’s knowledge and awareness about hepatitis B can influence the vaccination of their children
Nanda Chhavi, Geetika Srivastava, Mariya Waseem, Abhishek Yadav, Surender Singh, Rajani Singh, Amit Goel
Nanda Chhavi, Geetika Srivastava, Mariya Waseem, Department of Paediatrics, Era’s Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abhishek Yadav, Medical Consultant, National Disease Control Program, National Health Mission, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India
Surender Singh, Rajani Singh, Amit Goel, Department of Hepatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author contributions: Nanda C, Srivastava G, Waseem M recruited the participants, collected data, analyzed data and prepared the first draft of manuscript; Yadav A, Singh S, Singh R, Goel A conceptualized the idea, designed the study, reviewed and edited the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: Study was approved by the institute ethic committee (Approval No. ELMC & H/R_Cell/EC/2020/20).
Informed consent statement: All subjects understood and agreed to the study protocol and voluntarily signed the informed consent form.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Dr. Amit has nothing to disclose.
Data sharing statement: Raw data will be available with the corresponding authors and the same could be provided, after securing institute ethic committee approval, on a logical request.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Amit Goel, BSc, DNB, MBBS, MD, MNAMS, Professor, Department of Hepatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India. agoel.ag@gmail.com
Received: January 15, 2024
Revised: April 4, 2024
Accepted: April 18, 2024
Published online: June 25, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Hepatitis B infection can be prevented with vaccination. Birth dose followed by three doses of hepatitis B vaccine in infancy is one of the key intervention to prevent hepatitis B transmission. Unfortunately, the coverage of hepatitis B vaccination among newborns are not adequate in India. Our article identified that the parents have poor knowledge about the hepatitis B and increasing knowledge/awareness about hepatitis B virus among parents may improve Hepatitis B vaccine coverage in the country.