Knowledge About Human Papillomavirus Among Adolescents

Dell, Dl; Chen, H; Ahmad, Farah; Silva, de

doi:10.1046/j.1526-0976.2001.52011-12.x

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“…A European study reported that only 17.7% of university students had heard about HPV (Lenselink et al, 2008). Slightly higher rates of awareness of HPV, approximately one-third, were reported from university students in the United States and Malaysia (Dell et al, 2000;Philips et al, 2003;Rashwan et al, 2012).…”

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Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus in Iran

Ghojazadeh¹,

Naghavi-Behzad²,

Azar³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of common sexually transmitted diseases leading to cervical cancer. Evaluation of parental knowledge and attitudes toward HPV were aims of present study to provide an appropriate method to decrease burden of this infection on society. During this study, 358 parents were assessed for knowledge about HPV and its related disorders. Some 76% of parents had no information about HPV infection and among the informed parents 36% had obtained their information via internet and others from studying medical resources. The average score of mothers information about HPV infection was higher than that of fathers, and also educational level and age had significant impact on knowledge of parents about HPV. Parent knowledge about the hazards of HPV was higher than their knowledge about modes of transmission. Lack of awareness about HPV infection was high in this study, underlining the urgency of education among all adult people in our society.

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Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus in Iran

Ghojazadeh¹,

Naghavi-Behzad²,

Azar³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…In a study done in China, only 7.8% of women under 20 years old had heard about HPV (Li et al, 2009) while in Canada, only 13% of high school adolescents had heard about HPV, sexually transmitted diseases and pap test (Dell et al, 2000).…”

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Knowledge and Views of Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur on Cervical Cancer and its Prevention

Rashwan

Ishak²,

Sawalludin

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Cervical cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in women worldwide. Persistent infection with a human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause for cervical cancer. Vaccination and Pap smear screening are the best methods for prevention of the disease. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the knowledge and views of upper secondary school female students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, toward prevention of cervical cancer. This study was conducted from April 2009 to September 2009 in 8 schools in Kuala Lumpur area using pre-tested and validated questionnaires. Results indicated that the respondents had low knowledge of cervical cancer and its prevention although the majority of students (80.4%) had heard about the disease. The level of knowledge of cervical cancr and its prevention was significantly higher among students from the science stream (p<0.001) compared to students from the art stream. Most students (69.3%) agreed to take the vaccination if the service was available in schools. A high percentage of students (82.2%) agreed that the vaccination should be compulsory to the students. In conclusion, most students had low knowledge of cervical cancer and its prevention but they had positive attitude toward vaccination and agreed that vaccination should be compulsory. Therefore, suitable educational programmes should be developed to improve the knowledge of secondary school students on the prevention of cervical cancer.

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“…A lack of awareness of risk factors and prevention options is also believed to correlate with lower uptake (Waller et al 2004;Fylan 1998). Knowledge of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) tends to be low overall, as various studies have shown (Baer et al 2000;Dell et al 2000;Klug et al 2005).…”

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Attitudinal and socio-structural determinants of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination uptake: a quantitative multivariate analysis

Kuitto

Pickel

et al. 2010

J Public Health

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Aim The introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine enables for the first time in the history of cancer prevention the possibility of combating the major cause of a cancer even before its onset. The secondary prevention measure of cervical cancer screening has thus been complemented by a primary prevention measure. The aim of this study is to analyse the determinants of uptake of preventive measures against cervical cancer as a basis for comparing the determinants of screening attendance with those of HPV vaccination attendance. Subject and methods A population-based representative survey comprising 760 randomly selected women aged 14 to 65 was performed in the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Prevention behaviour, attitudes towards cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination, and knowledge about cervical cancer and HPV were investigated by means of a structured questionnaire. Descriptive analyses and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the determinants of screening and HPV vaccine uptake. Results Attendance both at screening and at HPV vaccination was best predicted by attitudinal factors. Positive connotations of cancer prevention measures and utility expectations, fear of cancer and high subjective risk perception were conducive to attendance at screening and HPV vaccination. Screening attendance was less regular among women of lower socioeconomic status. In contrast, HPV vaccination uptake was higher for young women with lower educational attainment and lower social class. Knowledge did not impact prevention behaviour significantly. There is no trade-off between screening and vaccination attendance; the vast majority of respondents was aware of the necessity of regular screening attendance even when vaccinated against HPV. Conclusions Uptake rates for existing primary and secondary prevention measures against cervical cancer can be enhanced by fostering perceptions of utility and positive connotations of regular screening and becoming vaccinated against HPV. Elderly women in particular should be encouraged to attend screening by means of a recall system. Given the low overall level of knowledge about cervical cancer and its risk factors, there is a need for education about the necessity and utility of prevention to reach women of all social classes.

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Knowledge About Human Papillomavirus Among Adolescents

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Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus in Iran

Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus in Iran

Knowledge and Views of Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur on Cervical Cancer and its Prevention

Attitudinal and socio-structural determinants of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination uptake: a quantitative multivariate analysis

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