Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions Concerning Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Findings of a Waiting Room Survey of Obstetrics-Gynaecology Outpatients

Lenehan, John; Leonard, Kevin C.; Nandra, Sukhjeen; Isaacs, Corey; Mathew, Andrew; Fisher, William A.

doi:10.1016/s1701-2163(16)32864-x

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“…Girls who had been vaccinated had a significantly higher knowledge score about HPV, HPV-vaccination and cervical cancer compared to non-vaccinated girls in three studies (Caskey et al, 2009;Agius et al, 2010;Mathur et al, 2010) The majority of the participants heard about HPV vaccine (77.6%). Less percentage was reported among Canadain women where only 39.8% had heard of the HPV vaccine (Lenehan et al, 2008). In this study, the majority of the participants (49.3%) mentioned that the reason for HPV vaccine uptake is due to encouragement of health care workers and school teachers.…”

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Practice of HPV Vaccine and Associated Factors among School Girls in Melaka, Malaysia

Al-Naggar¹,

Bobryshev²,

Al-Jashamy³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the practice and associated factors of HPV vaccine among school girls in Melaka, Malaysia. Methodology: A total number of 612 secondary school girls participated in this study. The questionnaire consists of 38 questions which included 3 sections. The first section is about sociodemography. The Second section is about knowledge and awareness of HPV vaccines. The third section is about practices with associated barriers of HPV vaccination. Verbal consent was obtained from all participants, and data were analyzed using SPSS 13. Results: A total number of 612 secondary school girl students participated in this study. The mean age was 13.93±SD (1.09); minimum age was 13 years old and maximum was 17 years old. The majority of them was Malay, from rural areas and had a family monthly income of RM 3000 or less (91.8%, 53.1%, 69.6%; respectively). The majority of the parents of the school girls were with secondary education level (56.4%). The majority of the participants did not have a family history of cervical cancer (99.0%). The prevalence of HPV vaccination was 77.9% among school girls in Melaka. The majority of the participants were vaccinated in their schools (77.0%). About 69% knew about cervical cancer and 77.6% had ever heard about HPV vaccine. Regarding the factors that influence the practice of uptake HPV vaccine, they were age, race, income, parents' education, knowledge about cervical cancer, heard about HPV vaccine and place of getting the vaccine (p<0.001). Conclusion: The prevalence of HPV vaccine among school girls is high. Age, race, income, parents' education, knowledge about cervical cancer, heard about HPV vaccine and place of getting the vaccine were the significant factors that influence the practice of uptake HPV vaccine among school girls.

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Practice of HPV Vaccine and Associated Factors among School Girls in Melaka, Malaysia

Al-Naggar¹,

Bobryshev²,

Al-Jashamy³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Physicians' perceptions of this issue are corroborated by studies showing that parents value direct benefits to their sons over indirect benefits to their sons' partners [14,35]. Notwithstanding, studies of parental attitudes show that a majority of parents in Canada [36,37], the Netherlands [38], and the United States [39] would be willing to vaccinate their sons.…”

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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of Males: Attitudes and Perceptions of Physicians Who Vaccinate Females

Weiß¹,

Zimet²,

Rosenthal³

et al. 2010

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…Four studies asked parents whether they intended to vaccinate their sons in his early teens. The percentages of respondents who responded yes ranged from 59% in Turkey, to 68% and 71% in Canada, to 73% in the United Kingdom [21,22,25,27]. Parents were asked specifically about their intention to vaccinate their sons and daughters in four studies, and although not all differences were statistically significant, there was a slight preference among parents to vaccinate their daughters in each study [21,22,25,27].…”

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Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for Males: A Review of the Literature

Liddon

Hood

Wynn

et al. 2010

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions Concerning Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Findings of a Waiting Room Survey of Obstetrics-Gynaecology Outpatients

Cited by 38 publications

References 27 publications

Practice of HPV Vaccine and Associated Factors among School Girls in Melaka, Malaysia

Practice of HPV Vaccine and Associated Factors among School Girls in Melaka, Malaysia

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of Males: Attitudes and Perceptions of Physicians Who Vaccinate Females

Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for Males: A Review of the Literature

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