Health Literacy Disparities about Hepatitis B: A National Assessment in Iran

Background and Aims: Worldwide, about 350 million people are infected with Hepatitis B virus (HBV), most of them in Asia. Up to 1 million of them die due to these sequels annually. Few studies have expressed concern about HBV awareness of Iranians young people. As health education programs should be based on awareness of target group about the disease, we conducted a national survey to evaluate health literacy and vaccination status of Iranians young people regarding HBV. The purpose of our study was to find Iranian adolescents' health literacy deficit hepatitis B (HBV) and associated factors.