Introduction: Due to the evolution to chronic liver disease, hepatitis B and C stand out
as infectious diseases with a strong impact on public health. In view of this, testing,
vaccination and health education actions are fundamental in the fight against viral
hepatitis. Objectives: To evaluate the epidemiological profile of the participants of the
Yellow July 2021 campaign at Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará.
Material and Method: Epidemiological, retrospective, quantitative and cross-sectional
study. 246 forms of campaign participants were evaluated, stored in the database of
the Pará Health Department, in the months of January and February 2022. The
collected data were stored in a database by Microsoft Excel 2016. Data analysis was
performed. performed based on descriptive statistics. Results: There is a
predominance of females (64.64%) to the detriment of males (35.36%). Regarding
marital status, 139 participants (53.5%) are single, 72 (29.26%) are married, 17
(6.91%) are divorced, 16 (6.5%) are in a stable relationship and 2 (0 .81%) widowed.
The most participatory age group was from 42 to under 48 years old, with an average
age of 44.87 years. It is noteworthy that 98.78% live in the municipality of Belém and
the metropolitan region with the highest number of residents (13.33%) in the
Neighborhood of Guamá. About 87.80% were workers at the hospital, with a
predominance of workers in the administrative sector (61.5%). A total of 246 HbsAg
tests and 246 anti-HCV tests were performed, with detection of 01 reactive case for
hepatitis B and no reactive case for hepatitis C. A prevalence of 0.4% of reactive cases
for hepatitis B was observed during the campaign. About 81.31% reported that they
had an updated vaccination record for hepatitis B, in which they were not vaccinated
by the SESPA team of professionals. Conclusion: The importance of the Yellow July
campaign is ratified, as a reagent case for hepatitis B was detected, which was
unaware that it had this chronic infection. The campaign contributed to this diagnosis
and fulfilled its objective in accessing, early diagnosis and prevention of diseases
related to this infection. In addition, it allowed the vaccination of 18.69% of the
participants in which they demonstrated that more than half of the hospital service
professionals have the updated vaccination for hepatitis B.
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