Hepatitis B virus outreach to immigrant population in Greater Boston Area: Key to improving hepatitis B knowledge

Table 2 Perceived hepatitis b risk before and after teaching session n (%)

Perceived at least some risk of being HBV infected	Pre session(n = 101)	Post session(n = 56)	P value
Mean	1.34	3.26	< 0.001
At least some risk	11 (11)	35 (70)
Gender
Female	7 (12)	24 (71)
Male	3 (12)	5 (63)
Age (yr)
< 45	2 (5)	23 (70)
> 45	8 (18)	9 (75)
Years in the United States
< 5	2 (9)	11 (79)
> 5	9 (13)	19 (63)
Continent of Origin1
Africa	11 (16)	19 (73)
Asia	0	6 (67)
Europe	0	4 (57)
America	0	1 (50)
Reasons why your risk is high
Country of origin	30 (40)	22 (44)
Needle exposure	15 (20)	9 (18)
Sexual exposure	14 (19)	9 (18)
I don’t know	11 (15)	9 (18)
I am not at risk	15 (20)	6 (12)
Other reasons2	8 (10)	9 (18)
Mother to child transmission	0	1 (0.02)

¹Africa (Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Senegal, Somalia, Togo, Uganda), Asia (Cambodia, South Korea, Uzbekistan), Europe (France, Greece, Turkey), America (Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, United States);

²Other reasons: Pre (genetic, food, public transportation, wound, job, utensils, contact with blood, sharing blade), Post (lack of information); Participant answers to perceived HBV risk were categorized as either Low risk, if answered 1, or Some risk, for answers of more than 1 in a Likert Scale (1= low; 5 = high risk); HBV: Hepatitis B virus.