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Table 5 Practice of the participants towards hepatitis B and C virus infection (n = 630)

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards hepatitis B and C virus infection and associated factors among adults living at selected woredas in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Practice towards Hepatitis infection

Response

Yes

No

Frequency(N)

Percent(%)

Frequency(N)

Percent(%)

Have you received hepatitis vaccination?

277

44.0

353

56.0

Have you ever been screened for hepatitis infection?

278

44.1

352

55.9

Have you exchange intravenous drug use?

213

33.8

417

66.2

Do you avoid meeting with hepatitis infected patients?

313

49.7

317

50.3

Do you ask your barber/tattooist to change blade/or for safe Equipment’s for ear and nose piercing or tattooing?

351

55.7

279

44.3