Assessment of knowledge about cervical cancer and its prevention among female students aged 17–26 years

Kamzol, Wojciech; Jaglarz, Katarzyna; Tomaszewski, Krzysztof A.; Püsküllüoğlu, Mirosława; Krzemieniecki, Krzysztof

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.10.019

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“…Similar results were obtained in the other studies done in our country, too and the studies pointed out that university students' knowledge levels about the disease were low (Pinar et al, 2009;Onsuz et al, 2011;Ozsaran et al, 2011;Guvenc et al, 2012). The relevant studies from Portugal (Medeirosa and Ramadab, 2011), the Unites States of America (Allen et al, 2009a), Malaysia (Wong and Sam, 2010) and Poland (Kamzol et al, 2013) were conducted with university students and reported that knowledge level of the university students were low. In the community-based studies from United Kingdom (Marlow et al, 2007), Germany (Klug et al, 2008), China (Li et al, 2009;Lee et al, 2007), Holland (Lenselink et al, 2008), Korea (Kim, 2012) and Japan (Hanley et al, 2014) and United Arab Emirates (Ortashi et al, 2013) it was found out that community knowledge levels and awareness about HPV and cervical cancer was low whereas it was high in the United States of America (Jain et al, 2009) and Belgium (Donder et al, 2009).…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination with Related Factors in Turkish University Students

Yılmazel¹,

Duman²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…In Poland; 9.5% of the female Polish university students (Kamzol et al, 2013) had HPV vaccines. It was noted that 78.6% of the Korean women thought of giving HPV vaccination to their daughters in the future (Oh et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination with Related Factors in Turkish University Students

Yılmazel¹,

Duman²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Another study from Turkey among nursing students (age16–27 yrs) in tertiary hospital reported that they have theoretical knowledge but not aware that routine gynaecological examination and pap smears can be taken for prevention of cervical cancer [42]. There is a separate study in Polish population among female students (age 18–26 yrs) showed that general knowledge about cervical cancer and their causative agent of HPV is very high but they have poor knowledge about HPV vaccine and cytological screening [43]. But in contrast, a study from Greece among female University and technological institute students (age 18–26 years) reported that 59.1% students are aware of HPV vaccine and this high level of knowledge is positively associated with vaccine uptake [44].…”

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confidence: 99%

Perception of Human Papillomavirus Infection, Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccination in North Indian Population

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BackgroundHuman Papillomavirus (HPV) -associated cervical cancer is the second-most common cancer in women worldwide but it is the most frequent gynaecological cancer and cancer associated death in India women. The objective of this study was to assess knowledge about cervical cancer, HPV, HPV vaccine, HPV vaccine acceptance among school and undergraduates students and their parent’s perception about acceptance of HPV vaccine in Northern part of India (Delhi and NCR regions).Materials and MethodsA qualitative questionnaire based survey among 2500 urban/rural students aged 12–22 years was conducted.ResultsOverall, a low frequency (15%) of HPV and cervical cancer awareness was observed in students and their parents. However, the awareness was much higher in females belonging to urban setup compared to boys with a perception that HPV causes cervical cancer in women only. Additionally, only (13%) participants who were aware of cervical cancer and HPV) were willing to accept HPV vaccination. Apparently, parents of female students were two times more willing to accept HPV vaccination for their ward than male students (p<0.001; OR 95%CI = 2.09 (1.58–2.76).ConclusionCervical cancer and HPV awareness among school, undergraduate students and also to their parents was found to be very low in this part of India. The level of awareness and education appears to be insignificant determinants in rural compared to urban setup. Better health education will be needed to maximize public awareness for cervical cancer prevention.

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“…For example, among Nigerian students, 35.5% were aware of cervical cancer. A high awareness level was reported amongst Polish students who were between 17 and 26 years (98.5%) (Iliyasu et al, 2010;Kamzol et al, 2013). A Dutch study conducted among students between 18 and 25 years old from two university and one non-university technical college found that 94% had heard of cervical carcinoma (Lenselink et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

Hoque

Ghuman²,

Hal³

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: The objectives of this present study were to assess the awareness of cervical cancer and its risk factors among female undergraduates in South Africa, and to determine the their level of acceptability of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2013 among 440 full time undergraduate female students. Results: Of those students who never had sex (n=163), 96 (58.9%) had ever heard of cervical cancer and only 12 students (12.5%) knew that HPV causes cervical cancer. More than a third (35.4%) of the students correctly said that sexual intercourse before age of 18 years is a risk factor for cervical cancer and 55.2% of the students knew about the Pap smear test which is used for screening cervical cancer. The majority (77.3%) were willing to accept HPV vaccination. Results revealed that students who knew about the Pap smear test, and were aware that having multiple sex partners, sexual intercourse before the age of 18 years, smoking and having contracted any STDs are risk factors for cervical cancer were more likely to accept HPV vaccination compared to other groups. Conclusions: The general knowledge of South African female university students about cervical cancer is not sufficient but they have positive attitudes toward getting vaccinated with the HPV vaccine.

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Assessment of knowledge about cervical cancer and its prevention among female students aged 17–26 years

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination with Related Factors in Turkish University Students

Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination with Related Factors in Turkish University Students

Perception of Human Papillomavirus Infection, Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccination in North Indian Population

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Acceptability among Female University Students in South Africa

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