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SUBMITTER: Pelullo CP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572142 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pelullo Concetta Paola CP Esposito Maria Rosaria MR Di Giuseppe Gabriella G
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190519 10
This cross-sectional study assessed nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and vaccination in Italy. The survey was conducted among a sample of 556 nursing students. Almost all reported that they had heard about HPV infection, while only 36.5% knew the risk factors of HPV infection and that this could be prevented by the HPV vaccine. Those who had heard about HPV infection during their degree program were more likely to know risk factors of HPV infec ...[more]