Clustering of chronic hepatitis B screening intentions in social networks of Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands

Background: Early detection, identification, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B through screening is vital for those at increased risk, e.g. born in hepatitis B endemic countries. In the Netherlands, Moroccan immigrants show low participation rates in health-related screening programmes. Since social networks influence health behaviour, we investigated whether similar screening intentions for chronic hepatitis B cluster within social networks of Moroccan immigrants. Methods: We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) where each participant ("recruiter") was asked to complete a questionnaire an... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hamdiui, Nora
Buskens, Vincent
Van Steenbergen, Jim E.
Kretzschmar, Mirjam E.E.
Rocha, Luis E.C.
Thorson, Anna E.
Timen, Aura
Wong, Albert
Van Den Muijsenbergh, Maria
Stein, Mart L.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: Adult / Cluster Analysis / Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology / Female / Hepatitis B / Chronic/diagnosis / Humans / Intention / Male / Mass Screening/psychology / Middle Aged / Morocco/ethnology / Netherlands / Patient Acceptance of Health Care/ethnology / Pilot Projects / Social Networking / Surveys and Questionnaires / Journal Article
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29203619
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Link(s) : https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/440381

Background: Early detection, identification, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B through screening is vital for those at increased risk, e.g. born in hepatitis B endemic countries. In the Netherlands, Moroccan immigrants show low participation rates in health-related screening programmes. Since social networks influence health behaviour, we investigated whether similar screening intentions for chronic hepatitis B cluster within social networks of Moroccan immigrants. Methods: We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) where each participant ("recruiter") was asked to complete a questionnaire and to recruit three Moroccans ("recruitees") from their social network. Logistic regression analyses were used to analyse whether the recruiters' intention to request a screening test was similar to the intention of their recruitees. Results: We sampled 354 recruiter-recruitee pairs: For 154 pairs both participants had a positive screening intention, for 68 pairs both had a negative screening intention, and the remaining 132 pairs had a discordant intention to request a screening test. A tie between a recruiter and recruitee was associated with having the same screening intention, after correction for sociodemographic variables (OR 1.70 [1.15-2.51]). Conclusions: The findings of our pilot study show clustering of screening intention among individuals in the same network. This provides opportunities for social network interventions to encourage participation in hepatitis B screening initiatives.