Knowledge and Acceptability of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine among Health Colleges’ Students at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia, 2018 (A Cross-Sectional Study)

Abstract

Background: Three types of HPV vaccine were introduced, and they were effective against HPV infection, their efficacy reached 98%. Worldwide, many studies have explored the level of knowledge and acceptability scores of the HPV vaccine. Objectives: To measure knowledge and acceptability and their predictors toward HPV vaccination among the final year of health college students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2018. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a self-administered, well-structured questionnaire involving 300 students from the final year of male and female health colleges (Medicine,