A Multi-center Survey of HPV Knowledge and Attitudes Toward HPV Vaccination among Women, Government Officials, and Medical Personnel in China

Infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of common sexually transmitted diseases leading to cervical cancer. Evaluation of parental knowledge and attitudes toward HPV were aims of present study to provide an appropriate method to decrease burden of this infection on society. During this study, 358 parents were assessed for knowledge about HPV and its related disorders. Some 76% of parents had no information about HPV infection and among the informed parents 36% had obtained their information via internet and others from studying medical resources. The average score of mothers information about HPV infection was higher than that of fathers, and also educational level and age had significant impact on knowledge of parents about HPV. Parent knowledge about the hazards of HPV was higher than their knowledge about modes of transmission. Lack of awareness about HPV infection was high in this study, underlining the urgency of education among all adult people in our society.

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Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus in Iran

Ghojazadeh¹,

Naghavi-Behzad²,

Azar³

et al. 2012

“…Previous studies of Chinese women found misconceptions and knowledge deficits to be common regarding cervical cancer, HPV infection and HPV vaccination (Chan et al, 2007;Lee et al, 2007;Kwan et al, 2008;Li et al, 2012;Zhao et al, 2012;Choi et al, 2013). Most studies indicate a positive relationship between individuals' cancer-related risk perceptions and their attitudes, intentions, and actions regarding health protective and cancer preventive behaviors: if people consider cancer as controllable/preventable by their efforts they are more likely to seek medical care promptly, undergo cancer screening tests, or adopt healthy behaviors (Figueiras and Alves, 2007;Cameron, 2008;Sullivan et al, 2010).…”

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Hong Kong Chinese Women's Lay Beliefs about Cervical Cancer Causation and Prevention

Wang

Lam²,

Wu³

et al. 2014

Background: This study aimed to seek insights into Chinese women's lay beliefs about cervical cancer causal attributions and prevention. Materials and Methods: Twenty-three new immigrant adult women from Mainland China and thirty-five Hong Kong adult women underwent semi-structured in-depth interviews. Interviews were audio taped, transcribed and analyzed using a Grounded Theory approach. Results: This study generated three foci: causal beliefs about cervical cancer, perceived risk of cervical cancer, and beliefs about cervical cancer prevention. Personal risky practices, contaminated food and environment pollution were perceived as the primary causes of cervical cancer. New immigrant women more likely attributed cervical cancer to external factors. Most participants perceived cervical cancer as an important common fatal female cancer with increased risk/prevalence. Many participants, particularly new immigrant women participants, expressed helplessness about cervical cancer prevention due to lack of knowledge of prevention, it being perceived as beyond individual control. Many new immigrant participants had never undergone regular cervical screening while almost all Hong Kong participants had done so. Conclusions: Some Chinese women hold pessimistic beliefs about cervical cancer prevention with inadequate knowledge about risk factors. Future cervical cancer prevention programs should provide more information and include capacity building to increase Chinese women's knowledge and self-efficacy towards cervical cancer prevention.

“…Fortunately more than 80% of HPV infections are removed over a 3-4 years without any intervention; on the other hand primary prevention trough vaccination and screening for cervical cancer seems to be effective (Wong, 2009). HPV vaccine is safe and reduces development of cervical cancer up to 70% (Medeiros, 2005;Zhao et al, 2012) which should be administered before or shortly after sexual contact to have optimal effectiveness (Markowitz et al, 2007;Pollack …”

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Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian University Students toward Human Papilloma Virus

Ghojazadeh

Azar²,

Saleh³

et al. 2012

Introduction: Increasing prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and its association with cervical cancer as a leading cause of death make it necessary to evaluate and improve the public knowledge, especially of university students, about this cause of disease. Methods: A cross-sectional study of knowledge and attitude of a total 669 students from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences was therefore performed with a modified validated questionnaire, arranged into 5 parts and containing 55 questions, in July 2011. Questions were directed to study socio-demographic characteristics of the participant, knowledge about HPV disease, transmission route, relationship with cervical cancer, predisposing factors, and participants attitude toward people with HPV infection. Results: All of the participants were Moslem with a mean age 25.6±5.33 years of age. All of the participants had heard of HPV, and acquired their knowledge through university courses (90.6%); the majority of them knew that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease and a potential cause for genital warts but general knowledge about details was not high. Mean knowledge score of residents and post graduate midwifery and nursing students was high as compared to other groups (P<0.001). Statements that indicated the presence of fear to communicate with people suffering HPV and people's avoidance to rely on babysitting of these patients were observed. Educational level (β=0.21, P<0.001), age (β=0.18, P=0.002,) and smoking (β=-0.11, P=0.006) were predicted to effect knowledge. Conclusions: Moderate level of knowledge about HPV among medical university students makes it necessary to set effective national public health efforts on HPV education and prevention considering he excess of young population in Iran vulnerable to cervical cancer.