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An Assessment of the Practice of Hepatitis B Infection and Vaccination among Undergraduate Students of the University of Abuja - Introduction: Vaccination remains the most cost effective and definitive prevention for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection; however a large proportion of our population in this setting are not vaccinated. The objective of this study therefore is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination among undergraduate students of the University of Abuja, Nigeria. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 224 students selected by cluster sampling technique was conducted. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire developed by the authors was used to collect the relevant data after a written informed consent was obtained from each respondent. Data was analysed using the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) software and Chi square statistical test was used to determine associations between variables at a significance level of p-value Results: Only 106 (47.3%) of the students had good knowledge of hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination while 140 (62.5%) had positive attitude but these findings were not statistically significant, p > 0.05. Also, the practice of hepatitis B vaccination was very poor with only 10.3% of students fully vaccinated (p Conclusion: The knowledge of hepatitis B infection and vaccination as well as the practice of vaccination were found to be poor. However, there was a positive attitude towards hepatitis B vaccination. There is therefore an urgent need to improve the knowledge of hepatitis B infection and vaccination as well as risky sexual behaviors among students in this setting including the provision of hepatitis B vaccination services. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Hepatitis B infection, Vaccination, Undergraduate Students.
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