Hepatitis B virus immunization among young injection drug users in San Francisco, Calif: The UFO Study

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 93; no. 6; pp. 919 - 923
• Main Authors: LUM, Paula J, OCHOA, Kristen C, HAHN, Judith A, SHAFER, Kimberly Page, EVANS, Jennifer L, MOSS, Andrew R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Public Health Association 01-06-2003; American Journal of Public Health 2003
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; AIDS; Antibodies; Antigens; Asymptomatic; Biological and medical sciences; Drug abuse; Drug dosages; Drug use; Female; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - etiology; Hepatitis B - immunology; Hepatitis B - prevention & control; Hepatitis B Antibodies; Hepatitis B Vaccines - administration & dosage; Hepatitis C; Heroin; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunization; Immunization Programs - organization & administration; Immunization Programs - statistics & numerical data; Infections; Injections; Male; Medical sciences; Medical tests; Needle exchange programs; Needle Sharing - adverse effects; Patient Compliance; Prevention and actions; Program Evaluation; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research and Practice; Risk-Taking; San Francisco - epidemiology; Serology; Sexual behavior; Sexuality; Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...); Substance Abuse, Intravenous - virology; Teenagers; Urban Health Services - organization & administration; Urban Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Vaccines; Viral infections; Workers; United States > US; San Francisco California; Human; Drug addiction; Immunization; Vaccination; Orthohepadnavirus; Hepatic disease; Injection; Infection; Virus; Viral hepatitis B; Prevention; Immunoprophylaxis; Hepadnaviridae; Viral disease; Young adult; Digestive diseases; Drug of abuse; Hepatitis B virus; Public health
• ISSN: 0090-0036; 1541-0048
• DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.919

Lum et al examine the completion of hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunization among young infection drug users in San Francisco. Cash incentives and street outreach with flexible immunization schedules were combined to improve HBV vaccine completion in young injectors. With street-based outreach and $10 incentives, 75% of the young injectors received their second vaccine dose, and 47% completed a flexible HBV immunization schedule. Also, the completion rates in non-IDUs were comparably low: 11% at a teenage clinic, 17% to 38% at STD clinics, and 30% at correctional facilities.