Adolescents’ awareness of HPV infections and attitudes towards HPV vaccination 3 years following the introduction of the HPV vaccine in Hungary

Marek, Erika; Dergez, Timea; Rébék-Nagy, Gábor; Kricskovics, Antal; Kovács, Krisztina; Bózsa, S.; Kiss, István; Ember, István; Göcze, Péter M.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.09.018

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“…In a more recent study from Hungary including 1769 adolescents aged between 12 and 19 years, 31.2% of female primary school students and 49.1% of secondary school students were aware of HPV. Among the ones who had heard of HPV, 43.3% of the female primary school students and 54.3% of the female secondary school students also knew that HPV may induce cervical cancer (Marek et al, 2011). Moreover, recently a Belgian study examined awareness of the females about the HPV vaccine at the moment of its introduction and one year later, and found that the initial 27% unawareness (among women less than 25 years of age) dropped to 6% during that time (Donders et al, 2009).…”

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“…In the study of Di Guiseppe et al (2008), it was reported that 42.1% of the adolescents knew that vaccine was a preventive measure, but only 15.3% knew that vaccine was available in Italy (Di Giuseppe et al, 2008). Marek et al (2011) found that approximately one fifth of all students (21.3%) considered vaccine as a way of prophylaxis, a lot more females than males (Marek et al, 2011).…”

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“…On the other hand, in the study of Kılıç et al (2012) from Turkey, 43.5% of the adolescent females wished to be vaccinated against HPV, however, this study was conducted among nursing students who may be more informed about HPV and related issues (Kılıç et al, 2012). In the literature, acceptance rates of vaccine is reported as 49-81.7% in western countries (Di Giuseppe et al, 2008;Mortensen, 2010;Marek et al, 2011;Blumenthal et al, 2012), whereas 48-63% is reported for the east (Hsu et al, 2009;Wong and Sam, 2010). Acceptance of vaccination among adolescents has been shown to go mostly in accordance with their parents' attitude towards it (Rosenthal et al, 1995).…”

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et al. 2013

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“…An Italian study found low awareness of HPV (23%) among university students (Di Giuseppe et al, 2008). Another study conducted among primary or high school students in Hungary found that 35% of the pupils were aware of HPV (Marek et al, 2011). A recent review study concluded that knowledge of both cervical cancer and HPV vaccination seems be low among women in lowand middle-income countries (Hopkins and Wood, 2013).…”

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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

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Hal³

2013

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Background: The objectives of this present study were to assess the awareness of cervical cancer and its risk factors among female undergraduates in South Africa, and to determine the their level of acceptability of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2013 among 440 full time undergraduate female students. Results: Of those students who never had sex (n=163), 96 (58.9%) had ever heard of cervical cancer and only 12 students (12.5%) knew that HPV causes cervical cancer. More than a third (35.4%) of the students correctly said that sexual intercourse before age of 18 years is a risk factor for cervical cancer and 55.2% of the students knew about the Pap smear test which is used for screening cervical cancer. The majority (77.3%) were willing to accept HPV vaccination. Results revealed that students who knew about the Pap smear test, and were aware that having multiple sex partners, sexual intercourse before the age of 18 years, smoking and having contracted any STDs are risk factors for cervical cancer were more likely to accept HPV vaccination compared to other groups. Conclusions: The general knowledge of South African female university students about cervical cancer is not sufficient but they have positive attitudes toward getting vaccinated with the HPV vaccine.

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“…[29][30][31] Unfortunately all these issues among young males have only been studied to a limited extent. [32][33][34][35][36] Specifically in Italy, few studies have been conducted among different groups, [37][38][39] but to the authors' knowledge little is known to date regarding HPV vaccination in young males. It remains imperative this evaluation in order to identify information needs and to design future strategies for expanding cancer prevention.…”

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Human papillomavirus infection and vaccination: Knowledge and attitudes among young males in Italy

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Liguori

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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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This study assessed knowledge and attitudes about Human papillomavirus (HPV) and the relative vaccination and their determinants in a sample of young males. The survey was conducted between January and April 2015 among a sample of 1000 males aged between 14-24 y in the geographic area of Naples and Caserta, Italy. The 54.9% of the participants reported of having heard about the HPV infection. Those who were aware about the availability of the vaccine, who reported the first vaginal sexual encounter before the 18 y and at least at 18 y compared to those who had not had a complete sexual intercourse, who had undergone a health checkup in the last year, and who had received information about the HPV vaccine by physicians had a significant higher knowledge about the HPV infection. The 58.2% reported that they would be willing to receive the HPV vaccine. Those younger, who reported the first vaginal sexual encounter at least at 18 y, who agreed that male should receive the vaccine, who knew that both males and females can acquire the infection, and who agreed that the vaccine is an important preventive intervention, expressed more positive attitude toward willingness to receive the vaccine. More information about the HPV vaccine were required by those who agreed that the vaccine is an important preventive intervention, who reported the first vaginal sexual encounter at least at 18 y, who have had only one partner in the last year compared to students who had no partner, and who had received information about the vaccine by physicians. This study highlights a need for improved education of young males of the HPV infection and the associated diseases and about the benefit of the vaccination.

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Adolescents’ awareness of HPV infections and attitudes towards HPV vaccination 3 years following the introduction of the HPV vaccine in Hungary

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Awareness of Turkish Female Adolescents and Young Women about HPV and their Attitudes Towards HPV Vaccination

Awareness of Turkish Female Adolescents and Young Women about HPV and their Attitudes Towards HPV Vaccination

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

Human papillomavirus infection and vaccination: Knowledge and attitudes among young males in Italy

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