{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Warner ZC"],"funding":["NCATS NIH HHS","NCRR NIH HHS","NCI NIH HHS","Ross University School of Medicine"],"pagination":["5694"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9105034"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Caribbean women experience a cervical cancer incidence rate that is three times higher than that among their North American counterparts. In this study, we performed a needs assessment of the knowledge and awareness of HPV, HPV vaccination, and cervical cancer and receipt of cervical cancer screening among an indigenous Caribbean community. We purposively recruited individuals aged ≥18 from a community health care clinic (<i>n</i> = 58) to complete a 57-item structured interview including items on demographics, cancer history, knowledge and awareness of HPV, HPV vaccines, cervical cancer, and cervical cancer screening. Participants' mean age was 47.1 years (SD: 14.4). Most were female (74.1%), were married/partnered (51.7%), had primary education (63.8%), and identified as Kalinago (72.4%). Whereas 79.5% had heard of cervical cancer, few had heard of HPV (19.6%) or the HPV vaccine (21.8%). Among those who knew someone with cancer, 90.9% had heard of the HPV vaccine, compared with only 9.1% of those who did not know anyone with cancer (<i>p</i> = 0.02). Access to HPV vaccination is an immediate, cost-effective cancer prevention priority for reducing the disproportionate burden of HPV-related cancers, particularly cervical cancer, in the Caribbean. We recommend culturally targeted education interventions to improve knowledge about HPV vaccination and the link between HPV and cervical cancer."],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pubmed_title":["Awareness and Knowledge of HPV, HPV Vaccination, and Cervical Cancer among an Indigenous Caribbean Community."],"pmcid":["PMC9105034"],"funding_grant_id":["P30 CA042014","F31 CA221000","UL1 RR025764","not available","UL1 TR000105","T32 CA078447"],"pubmed_authors":["Warner ZC","Warner EL","Kepka D","Reid B","Joseph W","Auguste P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Awareness and Knowledge of HPV, HPV Vaccination, and Cervical Cancer among an Indigenous Caribbean Community.","description":"Caribbean women experience a cervical cancer incidence rate that is three times higher than that among their North American counterparts. In this study, we performed a needs assessment of the knowledge and awareness of HPV, HPV vaccination, and cervical cancer and receipt of cervical cancer screening among an indigenous Caribbean community. We purposively recruited individuals aged ≥18 from a community health care clinic (<i>n</i> = 58) to complete a 57-item structured interview including items on demographics, cancer history, knowledge and awareness of HPV, HPV vaccines, cervical cancer, and cervical cancer screening. Participants' mean age was 47.1 years (SD: 14.4). Most were female (74.1%), were married/partnered (51.7%), had primary education (63.8%), and identified as Kalinago (72.4%). Whereas 79.5% had heard of cervical cancer, few had heard of HPV (19.6%) or the HPV vaccine (21.8%). Among those who knew someone with cancer, 90.9% had heard of the HPV vaccine, compared with only 9.1% of those who did not know anyone with cancer (<i>p</i> = 0.02). Access to HPV vaccination is an immediate, cost-effective cancer prevention priority for reducing the disproportionate burden of HPV-related cancers, particularly cervical cancer, in the Caribbean. We recommend culturally targeted education interventions to improve knowledge about HPV vaccination and the link between HPV and cervical cancer.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 May","modification":"2025-04-18T15:03:36.393Z","creation":"2025-02-19T00:56:24.957Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9105034","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35565089"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph19095694"]}}