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Awareness and attitude towards human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among medical students in a premier medical school in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As preventing cancer with the help of a vaccine is a comparatively new concept, awareness and education about it will have important implication in the implementation of this strategy.

Materials and methods

Present explorative questionnaire based survey included 618 MBBS students for final analysis.

Results

Majority of participants (89.6%) were well aware of the preventable nature of cervical cancer. Most of them (89.2%) knew that necessary factor responsible for cervical cancer is infection with high risk HPV. Awareness regarding the availability of vaccine against cervical cancer was 75.6%. Females had a better awareness regarding availability of vaccine, target population for vaccination and about the catch up program. Overall acceptance of HPV vaccine among the population studied was 67.8%. Medical teaching had a definitive impact on the understanding of this important public health issue. Females seemed to be more ready to accept the vaccine and recommend it to others. For our study population the most common source of information was medical school teaching. Majority of participants agreed that the most important obstacle in implementation of HPV vaccination program in our country is inadequate information and 86.2% wanted to be educated by experts in this regard.

Conclusion

HPV vaccine for primary prevention of cervical cancer is a relatively new concept. Health professional will be able to play a pivotal role in popularizing this strategy.

SUBMITTER: Pandey D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3409219 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Awareness and attitude towards human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among medical students in a premier medical school in India.

Pandey Deeksha D Vanya Vidhi V Bhagat Saurav S Vs Binu B Shetty Jyothi J

PloS one 20120731 7

<h4>Background</h4>As preventing cancer with the help of a vaccine is a comparatively new concept, awareness and education about it will have important implication in the implementation of this strategy.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Present explorative questionnaire based survey included 618 MBBS students for final analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Majority of participants (89.6%) were well aware of the preventable nature of cervical cancer. Most of them (89.2%) knew that necessary factor responsible for ...[more]

PMID: 22859950

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Dataset Information

Awareness and attitude towards human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among medical students in a premier medical school in India.

Background

Materials and methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Awareness and attitude towards human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among medical students in a premier medical school in India.

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