Awareness and Attitude Relating to the Human Papilloma Virus and its Vaccines Among Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialists in Turkey
| Autor: | Tamer Çelik, Mustafa Kurthan Mert, Seyfettin Senih Karaman, Salim Reşitoğlu, Fahri Aydin, Cigdem Donmezer, Hüseyin Başpınar, Orkun Tolunay, Hasan Samsa, Ümit Çelik, Sefa Arli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male Sexually transmitted disease Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Cancer Research Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Turkey Attitude of Health Personnel Epidemiology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Developing country Obstetrics and gynaecology Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Papillomavirus Vaccines Misinformation Practice Patterns Physicians' Human papillomavirus Papillomaviridae Neoplasm Staging business.industry Papillomavirus Infections Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health HPV infection virus diseases Prognosis medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Survival Rate Vaccination Oncology Immunization Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 15:10723-10728 |
| ISSN: | 1513-7368 |
| DOI: | 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.24.10723 |
| Popis: | Background: To determine the level of knowledge on human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and vaccination, and the attitude towards HPV vaccination in pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists (OBG). Materials and Methods: Participants were administered a 40-question survey, investigating the demographic properties, the knowledge on the HPV infection-vaccination and attitudes towards vaccination. Results: The study enrolled a total of 228 participants (131 pediatricians and 97 OBGs). At a rate of 99.6%, the participants agreed with the fact that the HPV infection was the most common sexually transmitted disease and 33.8% of the participants had the opinion that the HPV vaccination should be administered only in women. The lowest level of HPV vaccine recommendation was among the pediatrics specialists (59.4%, p=0.012). When asked whether they would have their daughters receive HPV vaccination, 79.5% of the participants answered favorably; this rate was 36.7% for the sons. At a rate of 59.5% of the participants thought that the HPV vaccine needed to be included in the national vaccine schedule. Most of the participants (91.6%) had the idea that reduction of the vaccine costs would increase the vaccination frequency. Conclusions: We observed that the consideration of the costs and the prejudices relating to the inefficacy of vaccination as well as the inadequate level of knowledge were involved in the physicians’ resistance to HPV vaccination. We believe that the healthcare professionals should be informed adequately to overcome false beliefs, thereby ensuring success of the HPV vaccine upon inclusion in the national vaccine schedule in the future. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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