Factors Influencing Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Adoption Stages Based on the Precaution Adoption Process Model

Abstract

연구의 필요성여성의Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors influencing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination adoption stages using the Precaution Adoption Process model. Methods: A total of 173 female university students from B metropolitan city participated. Demographics, factors contributing to action, knowledge, health beliefs, and self-efficacy related to the HPV vaccination were measured. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression analysis using SPSS for Windows version 21.0. Results: Factors that contributed to the transition from the unaware and unengaged stages to the undecided about action stage included age, economic status, experience of recommendation from doctors, perceived severity of cervical cancer, and perceived barriers. Factors that contributed to the transition from the undecided about action stage to the deciding to act stage were perceived benefit and self-efficacy of the HPV vaccination. Factors that contributed to the transition from the deciding to act stage to the acting and maintenance stages were experience of recommendation from doctors and perceived severity of cervical cancer. Conclusion: These results suggest that aggressive HPV vaccination campaigns increase awareness. Further studies should develop tailored strategies for promoting HPV vaccination that emphasize health beliefs and self-efficacy. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Effects of a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Prevention Education among Girls in 6th Grade Elementary School, South Korea

“…However, in the case of a persistent infection, it goes through cervical dysplasia and progresses to cervical cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 2019;WHO, 2019). The result of the analysis of the infection status of 60,775 women in South Korea from 2006 to 2011 showed that 49.9% of HPV-infected positive women aged 18 to 29 years old have shown a high incidence of infection among young people who begin their first sexual life (Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019; E. N. Lee et al, 2015). HPV has a low natural antibody production rate (WHO, 2019), and there is no way to cure the infection itself.…”