Knowledge on cervical cancer and perceived barriers to the uptake of HPV vaccination among health professionals

Autor: Jenifer Mallavarapu Ambrose, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Gayathri Baluswamy, Udayakumari Meesala Chelladurai, Padmavathy Padmanaban, Vahitha Mala Kunasekaran, Divya Ravikumar, Kavin Mozhi James, Devakumar Kamaraj, Krishna Mohan Surapaneni, Poongodi Chellapandian, Christina Puthota Arokiasamy, Sai Ravi Teja Kamineni, Malathi Kullappan, Radhika Nalinakumari Sreekandan, Rejili Grace Joy Manickaraj, Pandian Balu, Sindhura Myneni, Poonguzhali Sivagananam, Sumetha Suga Deiva Suga
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Health Personnel
Screening and human papillary tumour virus vaccination
Reproductive medicine
Papanicolaou stain
India
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Intervention (counseling)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Papillomavirus Vaccines
lcsh:RG1-991
Cervical cancer
Health professionals
business.industry
Public health
Prevention
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Papillomavirus Infections
Vaccination
Obstetrics and Gynecology
lcsh:RA1-1270
General Medicine
medicine.disease
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Cross-Sectional Studies
Reproductive Medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
Female
business
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Women's Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
BMC Women's Health
ISSN: 1472-6874
Popis: Background Despite the fact that cervical cancer is preventable and curable in the early stages, it still remains to be a major public health problem in India. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness regarding the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination among health care professionals working in a tertiary care hospital in urban India. Methods To this aim, we conducted a cross-sectional study among 318 health care professionals working in tertiary hospitals across Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Our research group designed a structured questionnaire with 31 items to assess the knowledge and attitudes on cervical cancer, its prevention, and HPV vaccination. Results Among the 318 respondents, 90.6% were aware of cervical cancer, 83.3% were aware that PAP (Papanicolaou) smear test detects cervical cancer, and 86.2% of the respondents knew that HPV causes cervical cancer. 29.2% of the eligible respondents underwent the screening against cervical cancer, and 19.8% of the study participants were vaccinated for HPV. Only 34.9% know that the HPV vaccine could be given to boys. The most common reason for not being vaccinated against HPV was the lack of awareness. In our study, 77.2% of the respondents were willing to be vaccinated and recommend HPV vaccination to their family members. Conclusion From this study, it was evident that there is a lack of awareness about HPV vaccination and its importance in preventing cervical cancer among healthcare professionals. Our finding clearly establishes the need to devise intervention programs to promote vaccination against HPV and periodical screening for cervical cancer among healthcare professionals.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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