Knowledge, understanding, attitude, perception and views on HPV infection and vaccination among health care students and professionals in Malaysia

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Abstract

The human papilloma virus (HPV) is known to be a major causative agent of cervical cancers and warts, limited study has been conducted on its associated factors among health care students and professionals in Malaysia. The present study was carried to explore the knowledge, understanding, attitude, perception and views about HPV infection and vaccination. A total of 576 respondents were recruited to complete a self-administered questionnaire through convenience sampling across Malaysia. 80.% and of the females respondents exhibited a positive attitude towards knowledge and understanding and 60% exhibited a positive towards attitude, perception and views. Almost 65% of the population were in agreement that HPV can be transmitted sexually, and 56.7% felt strongly that sexually active persons should essentially be vaccinated. The corresponding values were somewhat lower among the male respondents. Regression analysis suggested that knowledge and understanding were strong associated with gender, age, and occupation. Attitude, perception and views were also evidently associated with gender and age. The Ministry of Health should take steps to improve awareness among the citizens. Efforts should be made to educate people on the risk of HPV as a sexually transmitted diseases associated with HPV, and on the availability of discounted and safe HPV vaccines in government hospitals to increase the uptake rate of HPV vaccines among the Malaysian population.

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Badgujar, V. B., Ahmad Fadzil, F. S., Balbir Singh, H. K., Sami, F., Badgujar, S., & Ansari, M. T. (2019). Knowledge, understanding, attitude, perception and views on HPV infection and vaccination among health care students and professionals in Malaysia. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 15(1), 156–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1518843

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