Attitudes towards HPV immunization of Italian mothers of adolescent girls and potential role of health professionals in the immunization program

Comparison of Quality of Internet Pages on Human Papillomavirus Immunization in Italian and in English

“…Indeed, a lower level of knowledge on HPV, as measured in Italy compared with the U.S. in a previous study [26], coincides with a lower quality of information on the Web on the same topic, according to the results of the present study. It will be interesting to see whether an increased use of the Internet for searching for health information over time will correspond to an improvement in quality.…”

“…A recent study conducted in Italy showed that the level of knowledge on HPV of mothers of female adolescents targeted for immunization is low and that Internet represents a scarcely used source of information [26]. On the contrary, there is evidence that Internet is a significant information source on HPV for parents in the U.S. and that most of them are aware of HPV and HPV vaccine [27].…”

Mothers' Knowledge and Attitudes about HPV Vaccination to Prevent Cervical Cancers

“…In a study by Tozzi et al (2009), 50.2% of the ones who know about HPV stated that they learned it from a doctor, 45,8% stated that they learned from television, radio or internet, 4.1% stated that they learned from friends or relatives. In their study, Madhivanan et al (2014) stated that 85% of the families learned from television, 79% learned from newspapers and radio, 43% learned from the internet and 86% learned from the doctors.…”

“…Most mothers (27.7%) hadn't heard of HPV previously (Berenson et al 2014). A study by Tozzi et al(2009) in Italy revealed that 33.5% of the mothers who have daughters between the ages of 10-12 had never heard of HPV previously. In the studies in Turkiye, it is seen that 55% of the mothers had never heard of HPV before (Dursun et al 2009) and 66.4% of the mothers had no knowledge about HPV (Ozan et al 2011).…”

Knowledge of human papillomavirus infection and its prevention among adolescents and parents in the greater Milan area, Northern Italy

“…A number of investigations carried out in different parts of the world have shown that such subjects are inadequately aware of the problem [15-22], although most of the surveys of adults' knowledge of HPV did not focus on their parental role. Furthermore, little information is available concerning Italian teenagers' and parents' knowledge of, and attitude towards HPV infection and its prevention [18,19]. Considering the importance of communication and educational material in improving vaccination coverage [23-26], the aim of this study of a large number of high school students and parents of middle and high school students was to provide some of the basic data necessary for the development of adequate training programs.…”