Survey of hepatitis B knowledge and stigma among chronically infected patients and uninfected persons in Beijing, China

• Published in: Liver international Vol. 36; no. 11; pp. 1595 - 1603
• Main Authors: Huang, Jiaxin, Guan, Mary L., Balch, Jeremy, Wu, Elizabeth, Rao, Huiying, Lin, Andy, Wei, Lai, Lok, Anna S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Case-Control Studies; China - epidemiology; chronic hepatitis B; discrimination; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatitis B, Chronic - psychology; Humans; infection; Interpersonal Relations; Linear Models; Male; Middle Aged; Social Discrimination - statistics & numerical data; Social Stigma; Surveys and Questionnaires; transmission; Young Adult; chronic hepatitis B; infection; discrimination; transmission; hepatitis B virus

Background & Aims Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection carries substantial stigma in China. We surveyed HBV knowledge and stigma among chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and persons without HBV infection in Beijing, China. Methods Four hundred and thirty five CHB patients and 801 controls at Peking...