Awareness and attitude towards human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among medical students in a premier medical school in India

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 7; p. e40619
• Main Authors: Pandey, Deeksha, Vanya, Vidhi, Bhagat, Saurav, Vs, Binu, Shetty, Jyothi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 31.07.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Cancer; Cancer prevention; Cancer vaccines; Cervical cancer; Cervix; Female; Females; Health aspects; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health risks; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Immunization; Immunization Programs; Immunotherapy; India; Male; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medical schools; Medical students; Medicine; Papillomavirus infections; Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Papillomavirus Vaccines; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Population studies; Prevention; Public health; Schools, Medical; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Students; Students, Medical; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology; Vaccination; Vaccines; Women's health; Womens health; Young Adult; India

As preventing cancer with the help of a vaccine is a comparatively new concept, awareness and education about it will have important implication in the implementation of this strategy. Present explorative questionnaire based survey included 618 MBBS students for final analysis. Majority of participa...