Coverage and factors associated with non-vaccination against hepatitis B in newborns in Peru

• Autores: Correa-Leiva , Pauleth, Huallpa-Espíritu, Wendy Jhasmin, Tolentino-Padilla , Marieth Yanina, Ibarra-Hernández, Silvana Lizeth, Roque-Henriquez , Marlon Angel, Roque-Henriquez, Joel Christian
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Repositorio: Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/2578
• Enlace del recurso: https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/2578
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Hepatitis B; Vacunas; Recién Nacido; Perú; Vaccines; Infant, Newborn; Peru

Objective: To determine the coverage and factors associated with non-vaccination against hepatitis B in newborns in Peru. Materials and methods: Multiple cross-sectional, the population consisted of children under five years of age. The source of information was a combination of vaccination cards and mother's report.  Results: In the 2023 demographic survey, the vaccination rate was 91.9%. The characteristics associated with non-vaccination in the generalized linear models (p value ˂ 0.05) were: i) home births and births in private clinics, ii) cesarean births, iii) not having received the BCG vaccine, and iv) not belonging to the mountain region. Conclusion: The percentage of children vaccinated in the 2023 demographic survey exceeded 90.0%. The factors that were shown to be associated with non-vaccination were place of delivery (home, private clinic), cesarean delivery, not having received the BCG vaccine, and not belonging to the mountain region.