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Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls

Sub-Saharan Africa concentrates the largest burden of cervical cancer worldwide. The introduction of the HPV vaccination in this region is urgent and strategic to meet global health targets. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Mozambique prior to the first round of the HPV vaccine demonstr...

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Autores principales: Bardají, Azucena, Mindu, Carolina, Augusto, Orvalho J., Casellas, Aina, Cambaco, Olga, Simbine, Egas, Matsinhe, Graça, Macete, Eusébio, Menéndez, Clara, Sevene, Esperança, Munguambe, Khátia
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6046684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29665430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.04.004
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author Bardají, Azucena
Mindu, Carolina
Augusto, Orvalho J.
Casellas, Aina
Cambaco, Olga
Simbine, Egas
Matsinhe, Graça
Macete, Eusébio
Menéndez, Clara
Sevene, Esperança
Munguambe, Khátia
author_facet Bardají, Azucena
Mindu, Carolina
Augusto, Orvalho J.
Casellas, Aina
Cambaco, Olga
Simbine, Egas
Matsinhe, Graça
Macete, Eusébio
Menéndez, Clara
Sevene, Esperança
Munguambe, Khátia
author_sort Bardají, Azucena
collection PubMed
description Sub-Saharan Africa concentrates the largest burden of cervical cancer worldwide. The introduction of the HPV vaccination in this region is urgent and strategic to meet global health targets. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Mozambique prior to the first round of the HPV vaccine demonstration programme. It targeted girls aged 10–19 years old identified from schools and households. Face-to-face structured interviews were conducted. A total of 1147 adolescents were enrolled in three selected districts of the country. Most girls [84% (967/1147)] had heard of cervical cancer, while 76% believed that cervical cancer could be prevented. However only 33% (373/1144) of girls recognized having ever heard of HPV. When girls were asked whether they would accept to be vaccinated if a vaccine was available in Mozambique, 91% (1025/1130) answered positively. Girls from the HPV demonstration districts showed higher awareness on HPV and cervical cancer, and willingness to be vaccinated. This study anticipates high acceptability of the HPV vaccine in Mozambique and high awareness about cervical cancer, despite low HPV knowledge. These results highlight that targeted health education programmes are critical for acceptance of new tools, and are encouraging for the reduction of cervical cancer related mortality and morbidity in Mozambique.
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spelling pubmed-60466842018-07-18 Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls Bardají, Azucena Mindu, Carolina Augusto, Orvalho J. Casellas, Aina Cambaco, Olga Simbine, Egas Matsinhe, Graça Macete, Eusébio Menéndez, Clara Sevene, Esperança Munguambe, Khátia Papillomavirus Res Article Sub-Saharan Africa concentrates the largest burden of cervical cancer worldwide. The introduction of the HPV vaccination in this region is urgent and strategic to meet global health targets. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Mozambique prior to the first round of the HPV vaccine demonstration programme. It targeted girls aged 10–19 years old identified from schools and households. Face-to-face structured interviews were conducted. A total of 1147 adolescents were enrolled in three selected districts of the country. Most girls [84% (967/1147)] had heard of cervical cancer, while 76% believed that cervical cancer could be prevented. However only 33% (373/1144) of girls recognized having ever heard of HPV. When girls were asked whether they would accept to be vaccinated if a vaccine was available in Mozambique, 91% (1025/1130) answered positively. Girls from the HPV demonstration districts showed higher awareness on HPV and cervical cancer, and willingness to be vaccinated. This study anticipates high acceptability of the HPV vaccine in Mozambique and high awareness about cervical cancer, despite low HPV knowledge. These results highlight that targeted health education programmes are critical for acceptance of new tools, and are encouraging for the reduction of cervical cancer related mortality and morbidity in Mozambique. Elsevier 2018-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6046684/ /pubmed/29665430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.04.004 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bardají, Azucena
Mindu, Carolina
Augusto, Orvalho J.
Casellas, Aina
Cambaco, Olga
Simbine, Egas
Matsinhe, Graça
Macete, Eusébio
Menéndez, Clara
Sevene, Esperança
Munguambe, Khátia
Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls
title Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls
title_full Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls
title_fullStr Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls
title_full_unstemmed Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls
title_short Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls
title_sort awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in mozambican adolescent girls
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6046684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29665430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.04.004
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