Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding HPV Vaccination among defined population

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18 have been proven to be responsible for the major causes of cervical cancer and the safety and immunogenicity of HPV vaccines. Knowledge and practice of HPV vaccination are very important among medical and paramedical students because they may recommend vaccination to others in the future. The present study was therefore undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination among defined population of Gods clinic of Azad University of Medical Sciences.Materials and Methods: This study was cross-sectional that used self-administered questionnaire survey. A total of 282 people covered by Qods Clinic Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Results: Mean age of respondents was 37.28±13.25years of age. A more percentage of them were female ( 66.0%) and married (65.9%). Table 1 show demographic information of study populations. 61.9% of the participants had heard of HPV. Mean of General knowledge about HPV is 4.71±3.28, knowledge about Risk Factors for Developing Cervical Cancer is 4.03±2.98, knowledge about HPV transmission ways and predisposing factors is 5.99±4.00 and Attitude about patients with HPV infection is 1.62±1.68.Conclusions: It necessary to set effective national public health efforts on HPV education and prevention considering he excess of young population in Iran vulnerable to cervical cancer

کلیدواژه ها:

Human papilloma virus ، knowledge ، Attitude ، population