Awareness of HPV and HPV vaccination in undergraduate students in the North West region of Turkey: Near future outlook

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dc.authoridAYNACI, GULDEN/0000-0002-2112-8631
dc.contributor.authorAynaci, Gulden
dc.contributor.authorGusku, Zuhal
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:03:23Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:03:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer affecting women in the world. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness about HPV, risk perception, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccines. Methodology: The sample of this descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of 396 undergraduate university students from Turkey. Sociodemographic characteristics, reproductive health, knowledge about HPV, and HPV vaccination were questioned. Results: The percentage of university students with an active sexual life was 10.6%. The knowledge level of families about HPV, and HPV vaccination were not adequate. The awareness of the fact that ITV was a cause of cervical cancer in women and penile cancer in men tended to increase with the increase in the educational level of parents. Those who knew about HPV vaccines were predominantly females. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated that more active education is needed to decrease HPV infections among undergraduate students. Increasing awareness of HPV makes it easier to develop positive behaviors in fighting against it. In order to increase the contribution of young people to educational activities for the community, information about HPV and HPV vaccines should first be included in training programs at universities. To support the development of effective and high-quality public health interventions, young people should be educated so that obstacles to HPV vaccination in various cultural groups can be eliminated. Our findings suggest that awareness about HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccines should be increased.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3855/jidc.11405
dc.identifier.endpage525en_US
dc.identifier.issn1972-2680
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.pmid32058987en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85070067790en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage516en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.11405
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21640
dc.identifier.volume13en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000475711700008en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJ Infection Developing Countriesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Infection In Developing Countriesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHuman Papillomavirusen_US
dc.subjectHuman Papillomavirus Vaccinationen_US
dc.subjectUniversity Studentsen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping Countryen_US
dc.subjectHuman Papillomavirusen_US
dc.subjectHuman Papillomavirus Vaccinationen_US
dc.subjectUniversity Studentsen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping Countryen_US
dc.subjectCervical-Cancer Preventionen_US
dc.subjectHuman-Papillomavirusen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectVaccinesen_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectUniversityen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.titleAwareness of HPV and HPV vaccination in undergraduate students in the North West region of Turkey: Near future outlooken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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