Development and Validation of ‘Educational Pamphlet’ in Prevention of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Infection among Age Eligible Adults for HPV Vaccination in Kedah State, Malaysia

Abstract

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection is highly contagious and affects all males and females at least once in their sexually active lifetime. Though it is spontaneously cured, certain HPV types are responsible for HPV related cancers. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of educational pamphlet in creating awareness regarding HPV infection and vaccination. Main outcome measures include pre-post test assessment of adult's knowledge regarding HPV infection and HPV vaccination, using pre-validated, 16-item knowledge based questionnaire. The pamphlet development, validation and translation was done potential adults aged 18-26 years who were age eligible for HPV vaccination in urban and rural areas of Kedah state, Malaysia. The research findings showed a significant increase in knowledge gain from 63% to 89% [N=121, Mdn=10 (IQR=4) to Mdn=14 (IQR=3), p<.001] and reveals moderate knowledge and benchmark information before HPV infection and vaccination. At the two-week follow-up, a statistically significant increase in correct responses at prepost-tests were observed at 90%, [N=92, Mdn=11 (IQR=4) to Mdn=14.5 (IQR=3), p< .001]. The educational pamphlet significantly increased knowledge regardless of sociodemographic characteristics and was found to be good. Effective, well-structured and informative pamphlets with repeated booster campaigns can help in increasing awareness of HPV infection and awareness among sexually active young adults.

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“…However, the results showed more effectiveness in the audio-visual group than in a pamphlet, showing the superiority of the audio-visual over the written one. In line with the results of the present study, another study showed that educational videos could increase knowledge significantly; so, well-designed videos can help to increase knowledge about HPV infection ( Ali, Ping, Prajapati, Padmapriya, & Nazer, 2017 ). In another study, the effectiveness of the pamphlet educational tool in promoting students’ knowledge and attitudes about AIDS was confirmed ( Bastami, Zareban, Beiranvand, & Vahedi, 2012 ).…”