Awareness, Knowledge, and Beliefs about Human Papillomavirus in a Racially Diverse Sample of Young Adults

Gerend, Mary A.; Magloire, Zita F.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.022

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“…Malaysian university students showed relatively low (48%) acceptability of receiving HPV vaccination (Wong and Sam, 2010). Other studies conducted among university students reported between 61% and 84% acceptability of HPV vaccination (Di Giuseppe et al, 2008;Gerend and Magloire, 2008;Lenselink et al, 2008;Iliyasu et al, 2010).…”

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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

Hoque

Ghuman²,

Hal³

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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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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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

Hoque

Ghuman²,

Hal³

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…It was seen that beliefs about the HPV infection among university students in Portugal who studied health sciences were higher/stronger and the correlation between health departments and nonhealth departments was statistically significant in terms of beliefs about the disease and the infection (Medeirosa and Ramadab, 2011). In the studies done in the United States of America; it was explored that the participants' risk belief about HPV infection and cervical cancer was high/strong whereas their beliefs about the protectiveness of the HPV vaccines was low/weak (Gerend and Magloire, 2008;Caskey et al, 2009). …”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination with Related Factors in Turkish University Students

Yılmazel¹,

Duman²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Most caregivers heard positive things about the vaccine, which is perhaps not surprising given that most had heard of it through commercially purchased ads. This advertising and the concurrent media frenzy may have been many individuals' first exposure to HPV information (15). A promising area for future research is the analysis of how different types of pharmaceutical advertisements (television, radio, magazine, etc.)…”

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“…Despite the proven efficacy of HPV vaccines and a surge in media coverage of cancer-related topics in recent years, past research suggests that this new prevention strategy is little understood by the public (12)(13)(14)(15). A review of seven studies found that 58% of respondents had never heard of HPV (12).…”

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Disparities in How Parents Are Learning about the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Hughes¹,

Cates

Liddon

et al. 2009

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background: Differential access to basic health information may contribute to persistent cervical cancer disparities. We examined whether human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine awareness, HPV knowledge, and use of information sources about the vaccine differ by sociodemographic characteristics associated with cervical cancer. Methods: Study participants (n = 889) were caregivers of adolescent girls ages 10 to 18 years living in southeastern North Carolina. Analyses simultaneously controlled for caregivers' gender, race, age, education, income, and rural residence. Results: Although most caregivers were aware of HPV (83%) and the HPV vaccine (82%), awareness differed by gender, race, education, and income. The largest differences were for race, with 87% of Whites versus 68% of African Americans having heard of the vaccine (P < 0.001). Caregivers correctly answered an average of 69% of questions on HPV, with differences by race

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Awareness, Knowledge, and Beliefs about Human Papillomavirus in a Racially Diverse Sample of Young Adults

Cited by 221 publications

References 30 publications

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination with Related Factors in Turkish University Students

Disparities in How Parents Are Learning about the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

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