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Knowledge and Perceptions of Greek Students about Human Papilloma Virus, Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening

INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical cancer; the level of HPV-related knowledge among young students remains however questionable. The purpose of the present study was to investigate knowledge pertaining to HPV, cervical cancer screening, and vaccination among stude...

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Autores principales: Koutrakou, Panagiota, Trigoni, Maria, Sarafis, Pavlos, Tzavara, Chara, Nikolentzos, Athanasios, Vassilakou, Tonia, Sergentanis, Theodoros N.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553251
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121807
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author Koutrakou, Panagiota
Trigoni, Maria
Sarafis, Pavlos
Tzavara, Chara
Nikolentzos, Athanasios
Vassilakou, Tonia
Sergentanis, Theodoros N.
author_facet Koutrakou, Panagiota
Trigoni, Maria
Sarafis, Pavlos
Tzavara, Chara
Nikolentzos, Athanasios
Vassilakou, Tonia
Sergentanis, Theodoros N.
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description INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical cancer; the level of HPV-related knowledge among young students remains however questionable. The purpose of the present study was to investigate knowledge pertaining to HPV, cervical cancer screening, and vaccination among students in the Nursing Department and Department of Social Work of the Hellenic Mediterranean University of Crete, Greece. METHODS: This was a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study involving 371 first-year and third-year students of the two Departments. Multivariate linear and logistic regression analysis was performed to examine factors associated with knowledge related to HPV, cervical cancer screening, and HPV vaccination. RESULTS: Only 22.1% of students knew all the ways of HPV transmission and only 5.9% knew the whole spectrum of cancers that HPV could cause. The vaccination rate for HPV was 33.7%. The majority of students used the Internet as the main source of information (62.3%). Students’ sociodemographic characteristics, including age, marital status, and Department of studies were associated with knowledge about HPV. CONCLUSIONS: The present study highlights knowledge gaps and indicates the need for thorough health education strategies on HPV, targeting families and young people.
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spelling pubmed-97774812022-12-23 Knowledge and Perceptions of Greek Students about Human Papilloma Virus, Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening Koutrakou, Panagiota Trigoni, Maria Sarafis, Pavlos Tzavara, Chara Nikolentzos, Athanasios Vassilakou, Tonia Sergentanis, Theodoros N. Children (Basel) Article INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical cancer; the level of HPV-related knowledge among young students remains however questionable. The purpose of the present study was to investigate knowledge pertaining to HPV, cervical cancer screening, and vaccination among students in the Nursing Department and Department of Social Work of the Hellenic Mediterranean University of Crete, Greece. METHODS: This was a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study involving 371 first-year and third-year students of the two Departments. Multivariate linear and logistic regression analysis was performed to examine factors associated with knowledge related to HPV, cervical cancer screening, and HPV vaccination. RESULTS: Only 22.1% of students knew all the ways of HPV transmission and only 5.9% knew the whole spectrum of cancers that HPV could cause. The vaccination rate for HPV was 33.7%. The majority of students used the Internet as the main source of information (62.3%). Students’ sociodemographic characteristics, including age, marital status, and Department of studies were associated with knowledge about HPV. CONCLUSIONS: The present study highlights knowledge gaps and indicates the need for thorough health education strategies on HPV, targeting families and young people. MDPI 2022-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9777481/ /pubmed/36553251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121807 Text en © 2022 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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Trigoni, Maria
Sarafis, Pavlos
Tzavara, Chara
Nikolentzos, Athanasios
Vassilakou, Tonia
Sergentanis, Theodoros N.
Knowledge and Perceptions of Greek Students about Human Papilloma Virus, Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening
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title_short Knowledge and Perceptions of Greek Students about Human Papilloma Virus, Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening
title_sort knowledge and perceptions of greek students about human papilloma virus, vaccination and cervical cancer screening
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553251
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121807
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