Relevancy Between Knowledge and Attitudes of Students to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine: Literature Review

Abstract

Background: University students are the key population to be prioritized in terms of uptake and coverage of the HPV vaccine. HPV program policies have recently shifted to target pre- and early pubertal adolescents before the age of 13 years. Evidence shows that adolescents aged 13 and over are less likely to complete the HPV vaccine series. Currently, 23 million young adults aged 19-26 years are not vaccinated. In 2016, only 16% of unvaccinated children aged 13 to 17 years received both doses. In addition, adolescents are less likely to start the HPV vaccine as they age, with only 7% initiation after age 15. Such lower vaccination rates raise the need for an effective follow-up vaccination strategy that targets young populations beyond the recommended adult vaccination schedule. In fact, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization practices recently recommended expanding the vaccination age range to 26 for both men and women, and for clinicians to engage in shared decision-making with older patients (ages 27-45) who might benefit of its use. Method: This article using method literature review. It is use selected journals or articles according to the author’s criteria and analyzing them to produce a conclusion. Authors using two international database is Pubmed and Sciencedirect with the keyword “knowledge and attitudes”, “students”, and “HPV vaccine”. The analysis of the articles used is based on the publication time span of the last 5 years (2018- 2022). The type of journal used is original, full text, and open access. The design of this article was taken using case control and cross-sectional methods. Result: The result of a literature search on database by Pubmed and Sciencedirect, there are 407 journals according to keywords and time spans. There are 122 journals from Pubmed and 285 journals from Sciencedirect. Authors filtered by the title, abstract, method, and result to find relevancy between knowledge and attitudes of students to HPV Vaccine. Total of 20 articles related to this article. Conclusion: On average, studies from various journals state that their findings have a lot to do with knowledge and attitudes towards the HPV vaccine, so it is advisable to further promote this knowledge so that there will be more students’ positive attitudes towards the HPV vaccine.