Partnering With Middle School Students to Design Text Messages About HPV Vaccination

Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccination and Associated Factors

Introduction: The prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) is growing in the world. According to the precancerous role and the importance of prevention, human papilloma virus vaccination is considered in all countries. The knowledge and attitude of patients have a considerable effect on HPV injection. It seems that higher knowledge level of physicians can have significant effect on justificati...

Young Hungarian Students’ Knowledge about HPV and Their Attitude Toward HPV Vaccination

(1) Background: Hungarys's estimated cervical cancer mortality was 6.9/100,000 in 2012, above the average of the EU27 countries (3.7/100,000) in the same year. Since 2014, the bivalent HPV vaccine has been offered to schoolgirls aged 12-13. (2) Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 1022 high school seniors (492 girls, 530 boys) in 19 randomly selected schools in Budapest. Our anon...

Missed opportunity to provide HPV vaccine and educate adolescents: Rhode Island middle and high school students' self-reported HPV vaccination, 2013 RI YRBS.

The nation’s cancer status report in 2013 highlighted that cancers attributable to human papilloma virus (HPV) increased in the past decade, particularly cancers in the oropharynx and anus.1 HPV vaccine is crucial in reducing the burden of HPV-associated cancers, by protecting against HPV infections that cause cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal and oropharyngeal cancers.2,3 Non-cancerous lesions, ...

Implementing a school-based HPV vaccination programme.

BACKGROUND The Department of Health launched a national human papillomavirus immunisation programme for girls aged 12-13 years in September 2008. AIM To assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a school-based programme. METHOD HPV vaccination was offered over one academic year by two PCTs in 36 schools to 12-13-year-old girls, using different implementation plans. RESULTS ...

HPV vaccination. What about male specific HPV related diseases?