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Evaluating Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors toward HPV Infection and Vaccination among University Students in Italy

Background: This survey investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards HPV preventive measures among university students in Italy and their associated factors. Methods: The cross-sectional survey was conducted between November 2022 and April 2023. Results: Only 41.7% knew about HPV inf...

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Autores principales: Di Giuseppe, Gabriella, Angelillo, Silvia, Bianco, Aida, Gallè, Francesca, Licata, Francesca, Liguori, Giorgio, Napolitano, Francesco, Nobile, Carmelo Giuseppe Angelo, Pavia, Maria, Pelullo, Concetta Paola, Angelillo, Italo Francesco
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11101517
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author Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
Angelillo, Silvia
Bianco, Aida
Gallè, Francesca
Licata, Francesca
Liguori, Giorgio
Napolitano, Francesco
Nobile, Carmelo Giuseppe Angelo
Pavia, Maria
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
author_facet Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
Angelillo, Silvia
Bianco, Aida
Gallè, Francesca
Licata, Francesca
Liguori, Giorgio
Napolitano, Francesco
Nobile, Carmelo Giuseppe Angelo
Pavia, Maria
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
author_sort Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
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description Background: This survey investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards HPV preventive measures among university students in Italy and their associated factors. Methods: The cross-sectional survey was conducted between November 2022 and April 2023. Results: Only 41.7% knew about HPV infection and the main preventive measures. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis showed that females, those aged 25–30 years, those who have had oral sex, those who had received information about HPV infection and preventive measures from physicians, and those who needed additional information about HPV infection and preventive measures were more knowledgeable. Only 39.1% have received at least one HPV vaccination dose, whereas 29.2% and 31.7% had not been vaccinated or did not remember. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis identified that female students enrolled in the field of health sciences, those who did not report a prior history of a sexually transmitted infection, and those with a higher knowledge about HPV infection and preventive measures were more willing to receive the HPV vaccination. Conclusions: Despite some limitations, this was the first detailed survey on this topic conducted in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 among university students in Italy. The survey underlined the need to develop and to implement comprehensive educational programs and health interventions among students, to enhance their knowledge and modify their attitudes and improve the HPV vaccine uptake.
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spelling pubmed-106111382023-10-28 Evaluating Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors toward HPV Infection and Vaccination among University Students in Italy Di Giuseppe, Gabriella Angelillo, Silvia Bianco, Aida Gallè, Francesca Licata, Francesca Liguori, Giorgio Napolitano, Francesco Nobile, Carmelo Giuseppe Angelo Pavia, Maria Pelullo, Concetta Paola Angelillo, Italo Francesco Vaccines (Basel) Article Background: This survey investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards HPV preventive measures among university students in Italy and their associated factors. Methods: The cross-sectional survey was conducted between November 2022 and April 2023. Results: Only 41.7% knew about HPV infection and the main preventive measures. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis showed that females, those aged 25–30 years, those who have had oral sex, those who had received information about HPV infection and preventive measures from physicians, and those who needed additional information about HPV infection and preventive measures were more knowledgeable. Only 39.1% have received at least one HPV vaccination dose, whereas 29.2% and 31.7% had not been vaccinated or did not remember. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis identified that female students enrolled in the field of health sciences, those who did not report a prior history of a sexually transmitted infection, and those with a higher knowledge about HPV infection and preventive measures were more willing to receive the HPV vaccination. Conclusions: Despite some limitations, this was the first detailed survey on this topic conducted in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 among university students in Italy. The survey underlined the need to develop and to implement comprehensive educational programs and health interventions among students, to enhance their knowledge and modify their attitudes and improve the HPV vaccine uptake. MDPI 2023-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10611138/ /pubmed/37896921 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11101517 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Angelillo, Silvia
Bianco, Aida
Gallè, Francesca
Licata, Francesca
Liguori, Giorgio
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Nobile, Carmelo Giuseppe Angelo
Pavia, Maria
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
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title_sort evaluating knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward hpv infection and vaccination among university students in italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11101517
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