ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the influence of risk attitude to hepatitis B vaccination behavior of residents in suburban areas, and provide evidence for improvement of health education. Methods A total of 1 031 adults aged 16-60 years old were selected from 6 villages in Ninghe county and Jinghai county. A questionnaire was used to investigate them. Results Logistic regression analysis showed that respondents’ hepatitis B vaccination behavior was affected by their risk attitude when controlling other factors. The younger (OR=0.94, 95% CI:0.93-0.96, P＜0.001), unmarried (OR=8.24, 95% CI:2.89-23.60, P＜0.001), low self-rated health (OR=1.78, 95% CI:1.53-3.49, P=0.008), the formal sector workers (OR=7.18, 95% CI:2.29-22.54, P=0.001), covered by health insurance (OR=8.46, 95% CI:2.31-30.86, P=0.001), risk aversion (OR=1.65, 95% CI:1.06-2.57, P=0.026) and risk neutral (OR=1.50, 95% CI:1.03-2.17, P=0.032) were more likely to choose hepatitis B vaccination. Conclusions For the risk aversion and risk neutral, health education on disease symptoms and disease economic burden should be enhanced; for the risk seeking, more knowledge on prevalence trend and transmission route need to be improved.