Knowledge of the HPV vaccine and its association with vaccine uptake among female higher-education students in Greece

• Published in: Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics Vol. 9; no. 2
• Main Authors: Donadiki, Elisavet M, Jiménez-García, Rodrigo, Hernández-Barrera, Valentín, Carrasco-Garrido, Pilar, López de Andrés, Ana, Jimenez-Trujillo, Isabel, Velonakis, Emmanuel G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Landes Bioscience 01.02.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Binding; Biology; Bioscience; Calcium; Cancer; Cell; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cycle; Female; Greece - epidemiology; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Landes; Organogenesis; Papillomavirus Infections - complications; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Vaccines - immunology; Proteins; Short Report; Students; Universities; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; predictors; education; human papillomavirus vaccine; uptake; knowledge

The aims of the study were to assess the awareness and knowledge of HPV vaccination among female university and technological institutes students, and their association with vaccine uptake, and to identify the variables associated with higher levels of knowledge.   We conducted a cross-sectional stu...