Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: A Survey among Master of Business Administration Students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hoque, Muhammad; Hal, Guido Van

doi:10.1155/2014/257807

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“…A South African study conducted among educated people such as master of business administration (MBA) students reported that most participants were aware of cervical cancer, but only about a quarter had heard about HPV. 13 A Chinese study conducted among employed women and undergraduate students found that 28% of employed women and 12% of university students had heard of HPV, while only 21% of employed women and 7.2% of students knew that HPV is related to cervical cancer. 14 The Indian study found that only a third of the educated parents of adolescents were aware of cervical cancer.…”

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“…This finding is quite low, as the previous study conducted among educated people in South Africa reported 90% of the participants vaccinating their children using the regular vaccines. 13 It is expected that the current group of people are educated and aware of the benefits of the vaccines. The low rate of vaccination could be a result of the influence of the anti-vaccination lobby in South Africa.…”

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“…This finding is similar to that of a previous study conducted among educated people in South Africa. 13 A recent Nigerian study reported that 70% of mothers accepted HPV vaccination of their daughters. 19 A systematic review study conducted in subSaharan Africa regarding knowledge and awareness of HPV vaccine and acceptability to vaccinate highlighted that all 12 studies examined had high levels of acceptability of the HPV vaccine.…”

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“…This finding is similar to the previous South African study conducted among educated people. 13 Studies from the USA have reported that the proportion of HPV vaccination increases with age: between 11-12 years and 13-17 years. 26,27 The HPV vaccine is relatively new.…”

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Acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccination among academics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hoque

2015

South African Family Practice

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Background:The South African Government has recently implemented the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme through the school health system. For the vaccination programme to be effective, it is important to investigate the acceptability of the vaccines among university academics. The objective of this study was to determine the awareness and acceptability of HPV vaccination among university academics, and to investigate whether health information increases the acceptability of the vaccines. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among academics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal -excluding medical school academics. Data were collected using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire, via an online survey. Results: It was found that most academics were aware of cervical cancer and HPV infections. The health information regarding HPV infections and vaccines had significantly increased the acceptance of HPV vaccine for their daughters (79% to 88%, p < 0.05). There was a knowledge gap regarding the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. Conclusion: University academics need to be educated on this preventable disease so that they can provide accurate information to their students, who are in the high-risk population for cervical cancer.

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2015

South African Family Practice

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“…There is a wide global variation on cervical cancer awareness and HPV vaccination acceptability is reported in 604 several reports [133][134][135]. In our study participants, HPV vaccination was the least improved category even after 605 education intervention.…”

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Role of pre and post interventions on cervical cancer knowledge levels among women students at the University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Indracanti

Berhane

Minyamer

2018

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26Background 27 Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women aged 44 years and above in Ethiopia. Lack of 28 awareness about the disease, lack of screening programs and inadequacy of vaccination in most regions of Ethiopia 29 alarmingly increasing Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and incidence of the disease. Educational 30 intervention is a fast and effective primary preventive step to reduce the cervical cancer burden. 31 Objective 53 Conclusion 54The present study suggests that educational intervention as the primary preventive method is effective and young 55 trained women volunteers belong both rural and urban areas will be important stakeholder to increase positive 56 attitude to reduce the cervical cancer burden in Ethiopia. 57 Introduction 58According to GLOBOCAN 2018 [1], most of the African countries have no official registry to cover the cancer 59 statistics and it reflects unseen burden including cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a fourth leading cause for 60 cancer death is the most common cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa, second leading health problem in Northern Africa 61 including Ethiopia among women 44 years and above [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In developing countries, high-risk HPV infections 62 cause cervical cancer and other serious public health problems [11] due to bare minimal resources to cope with 63 the situation [12][13][14]. 64Women are at risk of HPV infections in some point in their life [4, 15]. A variety of clinic-epidemiological risk 65 factors such as early age of marriage, multiple sexual partners, multiple pregnancies, poor genital hygiene and 66 smoking and so are often associated with the development of cervical cancer [4, 11, 16, 17]. Most of the women 67 in developing and under-developed countries do not have access to Pap (Papanicolaou) smear screening [12, 18] 68 for early detection of HPV infections. Low or absence of any nationwide cervical screening program [19], very 69 few women receive screening [20] and cancer of cervix remains a major public health problem for Ethiopia [21, 70 22]. According to Tsegaye et al., 2018 [2], only 0.6% of women in Ethiopia, aged 18-69 years includes, 1.6% 71 from urban and 0.4% from rural screened every three years. In Ethiopia, every year around 7095 women are 72 diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4732 dies from this disease [23]. 73Several factors like education, economic status, health facilities influence early detection and treatment of cervical 74 precancerous lesions [5, 15,[24][25][26] and reduce cervical cancer morbidity and mortality [27]. The absence of 75 screening facilities coupled with poor literacy and low level of awareness, less attention to women health further 76 aggravate the cervical cancer burden [5,[28][29][30]. Ethiopia has a low level of awareness about cervical cancer and 77 HPV infections [27]. Various studies [31][32][33] have been undertaken to assess women's awareness and knowledge 78 level about cervical cancer. Cervical cancer awareness studies are few in Ethiopia and mostly confined...

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Effect of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education Intervention on HPV Knowledge and Awareness Among High School Learners in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: A Survey among Master of Business Administration Students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cited by 13 publications

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Acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccination among academics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccination among academics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Role of pre and post interventions on cervical cancer knowledge levels among women students at the University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Effect of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education Intervention on HPV Knowledge and Awareness Among High School Learners in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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