A Survey of t ne Students' Knowledge about Hepatitis in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Background and aims: because of the importance of hepatitis and the prevalence of contamination with hepatitis virus,a survey of the students' knowledge about viral hepatitis was conducted in shiraz university of medical sciences.methods: this is a descriptive study performed in cross-sectional method. ten percent of the students enrolled indifferent courses were selected by stratified sampling method. a structured questionnaire was designed to obtaininformation about their knowledge of hepatitis.results: the mean scores were 41.3:1::20.2and 61:1::34.5 of 100 regarding knowledge about hepatitis and prevention ofthe disease, respectively. students had more information about hepatitis prevention than about other aspects of thedisease such as mode of transmission and symptoms. there were statistically significant differences between theknowledge of hepatitis by age, semester and educational degree (p0.05).conclusions: this study showed that students' knowledge of hepatitis was very weak. their knowledge with respect tothe prevention of the disease was higher than other aspects