Sudden rise in uptake of hepatitis B vaccination among injecting drug users associated with a universal vaccine programme in prisons

Sharon J. Hutchinson; Sarah Wadd; Avril Taylor; Sheila M. Bird; Alan Mitchell; David S. Morrison; Syed Ahmed; David J. Goldberg

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.05.019

Sudden rise in uptake of hepatitis B vaccination among injecting drug users associated with a universal vaccine programme in prisons

Sharon J. Hutchinson, Sarah Wadd, Avril Taylor, Sheila M. Bird, Alan Mitchell, David S. Morrison, Syed Ahmed, David J. Goldberg

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	210-214
Number of pages	5
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.05.019
Publication status	Published - 25 Nov 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hepatitis B vaccination
Injecting drug users
Prison

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Molecular Medicine
General Immunology and Microbiology
General Veterinary
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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