| Abstrak/Abstract |
Background. Administration of Hepatitis B vaccine to newborn is the most effective way to reduce hepatitis B prevalence. Hepatitis B vaccination right after birth coverage is influenced by midwife knowledge. A tendency toward a healthy behavior is influenced by his or her knowledge, attitude, and belief.
Objective. To determine whether there is correlation between midwife’s knowledge, attitude, belief and giving hepatitis B vaccine after birth.
Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study involving midwifes who are birth attendants in Yogyakarta using questionnaires. Spearman test was used to calculate correlation between knowledge, attitude, belief and giving hepatitis B vaccine after birth.
Results. We recruited 100 midwifes from March until May 2013. There were 63 midwives who gave hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth. There were 65, 52, and 55 midwifes who had good knowledge, positive attitude, and positive belief in giving hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth. There was no correlation between midwife’s knowledge (p=0,530), attitude (p=0,843), and belief (p=0,585) toward vaccine administration.
Conclusion. There is no correlation between knowledge, attitude, behavior and giving hepatitis B vaccination e after birth among surveyed midwives |
