A survey on human papillomavirus awareness and acceptance of vaccination among nursing students in a tertiary hospital in Ankara, Turkey

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Barriers Towards HPV Vaccination among Nurses in Turkey: a Longitudinal Study

“…In Turkey, CC is the ninth most common cancer among women, the incidence was estimated to be 4.3/100,000 in 2007 (Naki et al, 2010;Ozyer et al, 2013) and estimated mortality rate for CC was found to be 14.9/100,000 which was ranks 13th among cancer-related deaths. Turkish National Cancer program have administrated cervical screening program which have included a population-based and covers about 70% of population (Naki et al, 2010;Uzunlar et al, 2013).…”

“…The HPV vaccine was introduced as a primary prevention strategy to reduce the incidence of CC (Boyce and Holmes, 2012;Wamai et al, 2013) and two types of HPV vaccine (bivalent for HPV 16 and 18; quadrivalent for HPV 6,11,16 and 18) were approved for use in CC prevention program for reducing the risk of pre-invasive and invasive neoplasia of the cervix (WHO, 2007;Pinar et al, 2010;Makwe and Anorlu, 2011;Uzunlar et al, 2013). It is estimated that the HPV immunization program will reduce deaths from CC by two-thirds if uptake reaches 80%.…”

“…Many countries such as the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden offer the HPV vaccine as part of their national immunization program (Boyce and Holmes, 2012). The vaccine seems to be safe, well tolerated and effective if the vaccine has to be delivered before exposure to the virus, and preferably, at the preadolescence stage, as the antibody responses are higher Uzunlar et al, 2013). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends HPV vaccination among those the age of between 9 and 26 (Holder et al, 2013).…”

“…The vaccines have been in use since 2007; however, the cost of vaccines has not covered by health insurance. Especially for in developing countries, health care providers play an important role in immunization programs for providing health education to public and to play a significant role in the success of effective HPV vaccine program (Naki et al, 2010;Makwe and Anorlu, 2011;Mc Sherry et al, 2012;Uzunlar et al, 2013).…”

“…In Turkey most of studies evaluated the knowledge and attitudes of women (Pinar et al, 2010;Ozan et al, 2011;Ozyer et al, 2013), medical students (Onsuz et al, 2011), nursing students (Ozsaran et al, 2011;Guvenc et al, 2012;Uzunlar et al, 2013), university students (Yanikkerem et al, 2010), nurses (Pinar et al, 2007), physicians and non-physician health care professionals (Naki et al, 2010), and pediatricians (Yildirim et al, 2009) about HPV and vaccinations. Only one study had given education to university students about HPV and HPV vaccine (Yanikkerem et al, 2010).…”