A systematic review has found that several individual socioeconomic and health-related factors may influence hepatitis B vaccination, particularly in community-dwelling adults and persons at higher risk of exposure. The review included 83 cross-sectional studies, 39 studies which reported on vaccination initiation, and 51 reported on vaccination series completion.
The review found that in the paediatric population, being a child of an Asian versus White mother increased the odds of vaccination initiation, whereas a low versus high mother’s socioeconomic status and birth in a health facility versus home birth increased the odds of vaccination series completion. In community-dwelling adults, there were increased odds of vaccination initiation with being younger, a White versus Black/Hispanic person, a health professional, higher education, HIV/hepatitis B screening, influenza vaccination in the past year, health insurance, and health care utilisation.
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