A Longitudinal KAP Study on HPV Immunised Adolescents’ in Malaysia

Abstract

HPV infection invades every sexually active human, at least once in their life time and young adults are especially at higher risk (50%) for Cervical Cancer (CC) in Asia Pacific region 1 . Though, more than 140 HPV types are identified, strong evidence has been observed for two high risk types-16 and 18 (>70-80% of all cases)

Future Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease: A Private University Students’ Perspective

“…A weak positive association (ϕ=0.068) was observed between faculty variable and response of the students. The results of present study regarding diagnosing of Ebola virus disease is similar to other studies according to them pharmacy students had more better knowledge about the disease [16][17].…”

Impact of school-based educational interventions in middle adolescent populations (15-17yrs) on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake and perceptions/knowledge of HPV and its associated cancers: A systematic review

“…The 15 studies were conducted in a diverse range of countries including 3 from the US 22,50,51 , 2 from Sweden 3,52 , 2 from Nigeria 53,54 , 1 from Germany 55 , 1 from Hungary 38 , 1 from Australia 8 and 1 from the UK 56 . The remaining 4 studies were from Asia including Singapore 57 , Taiwan 28 , Hong Kong 37 and Malaysia 58 . Study sizes ranged considerably with the largest being Davies et al's 8 study which included 6,965 students while Yoost et al 51 conducted a study with only 21 students completing all aspects of the study.…”

“…Post-intervention, all fifteen studies reported a statistically significant improvement in their specific outcome measures including changes in knowledge, attitude and perception with regard to HPV vaccination and associated cancer prevention. All of the studies aimed to improve knowledge related to HPV risk and HPV vaccination while many focused on improving positive attitudes/perceptions regarding self-protection against acquirement of HPV 3,8,22,28,37,38,51,52,57,58 . Only 3 of the fifteen studies explored the actual effect of the intervention on HPV vaccination uptake 3,8,51 .…”

“…Four of the fifteen studies 3,8,51,52 explored the impact of the intervention on sexual behavior intention including condom use. Nine of the studies also specifically aimed to improve cervical cancer prevention, knowledge and attitude 28,37,38,[52][53][54][56][57][58] .…”

“…All of the studies included adolescents between the ages of 15-17 years old. However, nine studies included adolescents ≤ 14 years old as well as middle adolescents ≥ 15 years old 8,22,37,38,50,51,54,56,58 . Sadoh et al 54 and Gargano et al's 22 studies included the largest age ranges with students being between 9-17 years old and 11-18 years old respectively, with the same intervention being given to all students.…”