Knowledge and Vaccination Practice on Hepatitis B : Among Health Education Teachers of Selected Schools of Kathmandu Metropolitan City

Hepatitis B is one of the major diseases of the mankind and a serious global public health problem. Many school children may be at high risk of the disease due to low level of awareness and their risk behavior. Teachers play a vital role to educate school students and make them aware about the disease and also the practice of vaccination plays a significant role to combat hepatitis B. Therefore, this study aims to assess the level of knowledge on hepatitis B among the health education teachers and their vaccination practice. Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among all the 84 health education teachers of private schools of ward no-35 of Kathmandu metropolitan city. Self administered questionnaire was used and the primary data were collected from the respondents and the collected data was analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) and other simple statistical tools. Result of the study was analyzed using spss 13 version and interpreted in its usable meaning. The mean age of the respondents was 27.99 years ranging between the age group 19 to 56. Among the tot