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Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cervical cancer and human papilloma virus vaccination with related factors in Turkish university students

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2014-01, Vol.15 (8), p.3699-3704 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1513-7368 ;EISSN: 2476-762X ;DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.8.3699 ;PMID: 24870780

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  • Title:
    Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cervical cancer and human papilloma virus vaccination with related factors in Turkish university students
  • Author: Yilmazel, Gulay ; Duman, Nuriye Buyukkayaci
  • Subjects: Adolescent ; Adult ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology ; Humans ; Male ; Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control ; Papillomavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care ; Students ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Turkey ; Universities ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control ; Young Adult
  • Is Part Of: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2014-01, Vol.15 (8), p.3699-3704
  • Description: This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitudes and believes about cervical cancer and human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination with related factors in Turkish university students. This descriptive and cross sectional study was conducted between June-July 2013 in Hitit University located in Corum, a rural area to the East of Ankara. The population consisted of 550 university students who were training in first and last year from Faculties of Economics, Theology and Health. We reached 463 volunteer students without selection. The study of data was collected with a 44 item questionaire covering socio-demographic features, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cervical cancer, HPV and vaccination. Also for this study ethic committee report was taken from Bozok University. Data were evaluated with the SPSS 17.0 programme using the Ki kare test with P<0.05 accepted as statistically significant. It was seen that there was a statistically significant variation between classrooms and departments of students with knowledge about cervical cancer and human papilloma virus and vaccine (p<0.001; p<0.01; p<0.05). Also we found low attitudes to thinking about taking HPV vaccination of girls and their children in the future. In light of the study findings; it was concluded that knowledge levels, beliefs and attitudes of the university students about cervical cancer, HPV infection and HPV vaccination were low.
  • Publisher: Thailand
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1513-7368
    EISSN: 2476-762X
    DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.8.3699
    PMID: 24870780
  • Source: Open Access: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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