Students’ HPV vaccination rates are associated with demographics, sexuality, and source of advice but not level of study in medical school

Wanderley, Miriam da Silva; Sobral, Dejano T.; Levino, Lívia de Azevedo; Marques, Luísa de Assis; Feijó, Mateus Silva; Aragão, Nathália Regina Cardoso

doi:10.1590/s1678-9946201961070

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“…The average age of first sexual intercourse in participating students is similar to published data from Italian 10 , Spanish 11 and to that of female students in a Swiss study, but lower than for male students from the same study 12 . The number of respondents who have started sexual relationships in our study was similar to Brazilian medical students 13 but lower than in Spanish and Swiss students 11,14 …”

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“…However, other limiting factors were also reported in different countries: concerns about the safety of the HPV vaccine and its potential side-effects, insufficient information and knowledge to make an informed decision, feeling safe from the infection, low efficacy of the vaccine and parental concerns have all been mitigating factors in the global vaccine uptake. 13,14,20 Some parents were also concerned that vaccination would encourage their children to become sexually active, as the children would believe that they were protected from contracting sexually transmitted infections. 20 However, there is no evidence that vaccination again HPV leads to increased promiscuity or unsafe sexual practices.…”

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Differences in human papilloma virus vaccination prevalence, testing, knowledge on vaccination, cancer awareness and sexual activities between male and female medical and non‐medical students

Chernyshov

Semushyna²

2020

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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Background Although most European countries experienced a decrease in cervical cancer mortality, Ukraine, Latvia and Belarus have experienced an increase in mortality. There is no national vaccination programme against human papilloma virus (HPV) in Ukraine, and vaccination rates are low. Objectives To study the knowledge of HPV-related cancers and vaccination amongst medical and non-medical students with a view to a better organization of educational interventions. Methods Male and female students of the Bogomolets National Medical University and non-medical students of other universities from Kiev were asked to fill in an anonymous survey of HPV vaccination prevalence, testing, knowledge on vaccination, HPV-related cancer awareness and sexual activities. Results Medical students showed better knowledge, higher prevalence of HPV testing and later sexual debut when compared to non-medical students. Female students showed higher awareness of HPV-related cancers except oral and rectal cancers and better knowledge of vaccination. The highest vaccination rate was in female medical students (6.56%) but the difference was not significant. First-to third-year students reported the lowest knowledge of all related aspects. Conclusions Despite the absence of a national HPV vaccination programme, all students should be informed that HPV vaccination is available and recommended for all young persons. They should also be informed that it is possible to buy the vaccine and that there is evidence of clear benefit of vaccination. Factors limiting vaccine uptake (other than high vaccine cost) should be addressed by educational interventions. Information campaigns for students in their 1st and 2nd years of studies are especially important.

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Differences in human papilloma virus vaccination prevalence, testing, knowledge on vaccination, cancer awareness and sexual activities between male and female medical and non‐medical students

Chernyshov

Semushyna²

2020

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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“…While the frequency of vaccination was found to be 4.5% in our study, it was reported as 5.3% in a study conducted with sixth grade students in the Faculty of Medicine at Hacettepe University, (Turkey) [16]. In the literature, this rate is given as 21.1% to 32.1% among medical faculty students in Brazil and the USA, respectively [17,18]. We know that as of 2017, 71 countries in the world have included the HPV vaccine for girls in the government's routine vaccination program 19], and the vaccine is free in the USA and most European countries.…”

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Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin HPV ve HPV aşısı ile ilgili bilgi, tutum ve davranışları

Şahin

Özerdoğan

Duran

2020

Family Practice and Palliative Care

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Introduction: HPV (Human papilloma virus) is the most common sexually transmitted infection and constitutes an important part of cancers for which infectious agents are blamed in its ethology. The most important duty of informing the public about HPV and the HPV vaccine with a high protection rate belongs to doctors. The curriculum and scope of this subject in medical education in our country is uncertain. We aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of our students about HPV and the HPV vaccine before the internship and to find out the change in their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour status after the internship. Method: The population of the study consists of a total of 257 third and sixth grade students studying in the Faculty of Medicine at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University during the 2018-2019 academic year. A questionnaire, including questions and suggestions about sociodemographic characteristics, and knowledge, attitudes and behavioural status about HPV infection and the HPV vaccine, was administered under supervision to third and sixth grade students between April and June 2019 without specifying their name and surname. Chi-square test was used for statistical evaluation. For statistical significance, p <0.050 was accepted. Results: 108 third grade and 91 sixth grade students participated in our study. Although HPV is known to play a role in the ethology of cervical cancer and anogenital warts (91%, 91.2%), this awareness was as low as 35.4%, 37.9% and 38.8%, respectively, in penis, anus and head and neck cancers. The knowledge level was statistically significant in favour of the sixth-grade students (p <0.001). When the attitudes and behaviours of the students were examined, the frequency of having the HPV vaccine was 4.5%. It was observed that the frequency of the idea of vaccination among the female students was higher than that of the male students (61.3%, 18.1%). No statistically significant difference was found among the possible variables that could affect the need for the HPV vaccine when compared according to the gender, grade, and the educational status of the mother or father (p> 0.05). The reason why the students did not have the HPV vaccine was related to the fact that they found the vaccine expensive and did not consider it necessary. Only 46.7% of the sixth-grade students thought that they could give their patients enough information about the HPV virus and vaccine when they graduated. Conclusion:The frequency of vaccination in our country is very low even among doctors. Training strategies should be developed to enable doctors to graduate with full knowledge of HPV and the HPV vaccine with multidimensional training programs.

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“…[ 14 ] Similar vaccination acceptance rate of 6% and 10% was observed in two different medical colleges of India and slightly higher rate of 21.1% in a Brazilian study. [ 22 23 ] The willingness to accept vaccine was 66.8% in a study by Mehta et al . and 64% by Kamini et al .…”

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Assessment of understanding about human papilloma virus vaccination among undergraduate medical students in a developing country: Perspective from India

Sharma

Singh

Arora

et al. 2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background and Aims: Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection responsible for cervical cancer in women. There is no cure for HPV but safe and effective vaccinations before sexual debut can definitely decrease the incidence of cervical cancer. This research aims to explore the basic understanding of medical students about cervical cancer, HPV and HPV vaccination. Methods and Material: This was a descriptive, questionnaire based cross-sectional study conducted among the undergraduate medical students of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur from April 2018 to May 2018. A total of 238 respondents participated in the study. For statistical analysis, 'Z' score was used for categorical data and student t test was used for normally distributed continuous data. Results: Overall, 41% students had good knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccination while 44% students had average knowledge and 15% had poor knowledge. The majority of them (>80%) knew that HPV is responsible for cervical cancer and ano-genital warts but their awareness was not of the same order when it came to associating HPV with penile and oropharyngeal cancer (60%). Females had better knowledge as compared to males and this difference was statistically significant ( P < 0.05). 88% of the students were willing to accept the vaccination while only 10% of females were previously vaccinated. Conclusion: Medical students, who are potential recipients of the HPV vaccine themselves, can play a unique role in promoting awareness about HPV vaccination in the future.

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Students’ HPV vaccination rates are associated with demographics, sexuality, and source of advice but not level of study in medical school

Abstract: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Cited by 13 publications

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Differences in human papilloma virus vaccination prevalence, testing, knowledge on vaccination, cancer awareness and sexual activities between male and female medical and non‐medical students

Differences in human papilloma virus vaccination prevalence, testing, knowledge on vaccination, cancer awareness and sexual activities between male and female medical and non‐medical students

Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin HPV ve HPV aşısı ile ilgili bilgi, tutum ve davranışları

Assessment of understanding about human papilloma virus vaccination among undergraduate medical students in a developing country: Perspective from India

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