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Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China
Objective: This study aimed to determine human papillomavirus (HPV)-related awareness and willingness to receive HPV vaccination among college students, in Wenzhou, and its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted among college students in Wenzhou to investi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8779512/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35062671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010010 |
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author | Chen, Gang Wu, Biao Dai, Xuchao Zhang, Mengqi Liu, Yupeng Huang, Hong Mei, Kun Wu, Zhigang |
author_facet | Chen, Gang Wu, Biao Dai, Xuchao Zhang, Mengqi Liu, Yupeng Huang, Hong Mei, Kun Wu, Zhigang |
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description | Objective: This study aimed to determine human papillomavirus (HPV)-related awareness and willingness to receive HPV vaccination among college students, in Wenzhou, and its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted among college students in Wenzhou to investigate their knowledge, attitude, and factors affecting their willingness to receive HPV vaccination. Results: A total of 1035 questionnaires were collected, of which 1002 were valid (males: 374, females: 628). In total, 904 (90.2%) college students had heard of HPV, with a lower rate among males than females (85.3% vs. 93.2%, p < 0.05) and 693 (69.2%) had heard of the HPV vaccine, with a significantly lower rate among males than females (53.7% vs. 78.3%, p < 0.05). Overall awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine among males and females was moderate, with lower awareness among males. A total of 55.9% of males and 80.4% of females indicated that they would be willing to receive the HPV vaccine, a significant difference (p < 0.001). The price, safety of HPV vaccine, and lack of knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccine were the major barriers to HPV vaccination for college students. Compared to females, inadequate knowledge of HPV was the main barrier factor for HPV vaccination among male college students. Conclusions: The overall knowledge level of males is lower than that of females. For male college students, providing more knowledge about HPV infection is helpful to promote their willingness to vaccinate. It is necessary to promote HPV-related knowledge for male and female college students, respectively. |
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spelling | pubmed-87795122022-01-22 Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China Chen, Gang Wu, Biao Dai, Xuchao Zhang, Mengqi Liu, Yupeng Huang, Hong Mei, Kun Wu, Zhigang Vaccines (Basel) Article Objective: This study aimed to determine human papillomavirus (HPV)-related awareness and willingness to receive HPV vaccination among college students, in Wenzhou, and its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted among college students in Wenzhou to investigate their knowledge, attitude, and factors affecting their willingness to receive HPV vaccination. Results: A total of 1035 questionnaires were collected, of which 1002 were valid (males: 374, females: 628). In total, 904 (90.2%) college students had heard of HPV, with a lower rate among males than females (85.3% vs. 93.2%, p < 0.05) and 693 (69.2%) had heard of the HPV vaccine, with a significantly lower rate among males than females (53.7% vs. 78.3%, p < 0.05). Overall awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine among males and females was moderate, with lower awareness among males. A total of 55.9% of males and 80.4% of females indicated that they would be willing to receive the HPV vaccine, a significant difference (p < 0.001). The price, safety of HPV vaccine, and lack of knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccine were the major barriers to HPV vaccination for college students. Compared to females, inadequate knowledge of HPV was the main barrier factor for HPV vaccination among male college students. Conclusions: The overall knowledge level of males is lower than that of females. For male college students, providing more knowledge about HPV infection is helpful to promote their willingness to vaccinate. It is necessary to promote HPV-related knowledge for male and female college students, respectively. MDPI 2021-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8779512/ /pubmed/35062671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010010 Text en © 2021 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Gang Wu, Biao Dai, Xuchao Zhang, Mengqi Liu, Yupeng Huang, Hong Mei, Kun Wu, Zhigang Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China |
title | Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China |
title_full | Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China |
title_fullStr | Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China |
title_short | Gender Differences in Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV and HPV Vaccine among College Students in Wenzhou, China |
title_sort | gender differences in knowledge and attitude towards hpv and hpv vaccine among college students in wenzhou, china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8779512/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35062671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010010 |
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