A cross-sectional study to assess HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptability in Mali

Autor: Mark N. Lurie, Danielle N. Poole, Karamoko Tounkara, Lauren Levitz, Anne S. De Groot, J. Kathleen Tracy, Shahla Yekta, M Rochas, Kotou Sangare, Ousmane Koita, B Aboubacar
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Viral Diseases
Urban Population
Non-Clinical Medicine
Cross-sectional study
lcsh:Medicine
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Mali
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Informed consent
Medicine
Young adult
lcsh:Science
Child
Cervical cancer
Vaccines
Multidisciplinary
Geography
Vaccination
virus diseases
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Viral
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Infectious Diseases
Health education
Female
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Human Papillomavirus Infection
Adolescent
Decision Making
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Human Geography
Microbiology
Sexual and Gender Issues
Young Adult
Virology
Humans
Papillomavirus Vaccines
Patient participation
Biology
Gynecology
Health Care Policy
business.industry
Genitourinary Infections
lcsh:R
Papillomavirus Infections
Immunity
Viral Vaccines
medicine.disease
Regional Geography
Cross-Sectional Studies
Immunization
Family medicine
lcsh:Q
Clinical Immunology
Patient Participation
business
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 2, p e56402 (2013)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Despite a high prevalence of oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer mortality, HPV vaccination is not currently available in Mali. Knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in Mali, and thereby vaccine readiness, may be limited. Research staff visited homes in a radial pattern from a central location to recruit adolescent females and males aged 12-17 years and men and women aged ≥ 18 years (N = 51) in a peri-urban village of Bamako, Mali. Participants took part in structured interviews assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination. We found low levels of HPV and cervical cancer knowledge. While only 2.0% of respondents knew that HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), 100% said they would be willing to receive HPV vaccination and would like the HPV vaccine to be available in Mali. Moreover, 74.5% said they would vaccinate their child(ren) against HPV. Men were found to have significantly greater autonomy in the decision to vaccinate themselves than women and adolescents (p = 0.005), a potential barrier to be addressed by immunization campaigns. HPV vaccination would be highly acceptable if the vaccine became widely available in Bamako, Mali. This study demonstrates the need for a significant investment in health education if truly informed consent is to be obtained for HPV vaccination. Potential HPV vaccination campaigns should provide more information about HPV and the vaccine. Barriers to vaccination, including the significantly lower ability of the majority of the target population to autonomously decide to get vaccinated, must also be addressed in future HPV vaccine campaigns.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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