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American Journal of Public Health, Vol 90, Issue 12 1942-1946, Copyright © 2000 by American Public Health Association

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Factors influencing a communitywide campaign to administer hepatitis A vaccine to men who have sex with men

MS Friedman, PA Blake, JE Koehler, LC Hutwagner and KE Toomey
Georgia Division of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta 30333, USA. mff7@cdc.gov

OBJECTIVES: A hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) led to a publicly funded vaccination campaign. We evaluated the MSM community's response. METHODS: A cohort of MSM from 5 community sites was surveyed. RESULTS: Thirty-four (19%) of 178 potential vaccine candidates received the vaccine during the campaign. We found a linear relation between the number of exposures to campaign information and the likelihood of vaccination (P < .001). Vaccination was independently associated with awareness of the outbreak and the vaccine, having had sexual relations with men for 12 years or longer, having recently consulted a physician, and routinely reading a local gay newspaper. CONCLUSIONS: The difficult task of vaccinating MSM can be aided by repetitive promotional messages, especially via the gay media.


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