Hutchinson, S. J., Wadd, S., Taylor, A., Bird, S. M., Mitchell, A., Morrison, D. S., Ahmed, S. and Goldberg, D. J. (2004) Sudden rise in uptake of hepatitis B vaccination among injecting drug users associated with a universal vaccine programme in prisons. Vaccine, 23(2), pp. 210-214. (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.05.019)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.05.019
Abstract
Hitherto, services have failed to deliver the UK Government’s 1988 recommendation to vaccinate injecting drug users (IDUs) against hepatitis B virus (HBV). In April 1999, the Scottish Prison Service implemented an initiative to offer HBV vaccination to all inmates; we sought to determine the impact of this initiative on the IDU population. Among community-recruited IDUs (who had injected for ≤5 years) in Glasgow, vaccine uptake was significantly higher among those surveyed in 2001–2002 (52% of 387) than in 1993 (16% of 166), 1994 (19% of 138) or January–March 1999 (15% of 128); of the 2001–2002 vaccinees, 56% had been vaccinated in prison. Our results indicate that the universal offer of vaccination to all prisoners, within two years of the initiative’s implementation, has had a dramatic impact on uptake among IDUs.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Morrison, Dr David and Ahmed, Dr Syed and Goldberg, Prof David and Bird, Dr Sheila |
Authors: | Hutchinson, S. J., Wadd, S., Taylor, A., Bird, S. M., Mitchell, A., Morrison, D. S., Ahmed, S., and Goldberg, D. J. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Public Health College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences |
Journal Name: | Vaccine |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0264-410X |
ISSN (Online): | 1873-2518 |
Published Online: | 14 July 2004 |
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