Awareness and acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccination among health sciences students in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: The major cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus (HPV) for which vaccination is available. The success HPV vaccination programme largely depend on the degree of knowledge of the healthcare providers who can recommend to the public. Health sciences students as future healthcare providers play a major role in HPV vaccination initiatives. The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practice and to find out the willingness to pay for HPV vaccination among the health sciences students in a private university. The cross-sectional study was conducted among the university students studying health sciences program using a validated questionnaire to measure their awareness and acceptance of HPV vaccination. The students demonstrated moderate knowledge about HPV inf

SUBMITTER: Rajiah K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4663703 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature