Difference Between Medical and Nonmedical Students on Knowledge, Practice, and Attitude Towards the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in China: a Cross-Sectional Study

HPV vaccine can prevent HPV infection effectively. The college student’s vaccination status is unclear in mainland China. We assessed the knowledge, practice, and attitude towards HPV vaccine and compared the differences between medical and nonmedical students. It was a cross-sectional study using s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cancer education 2021-10, Vol.36 (5), p.1014-1021
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Yingnan, Jiang, Xingyuan, Xu, Lingyi, Di, Na, Jiang, Lu, Tao, Xia
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:HPV vaccine can prevent HPV infection effectively. The college student’s vaccination status is unclear in mainland China. We assessed the knowledge, practice, and attitude towards HPV vaccine and compared the differences between medical and nonmedical students. It was a cross-sectional study using self-administered anonymous questionnaires. Nine-hundred sixty full-time college students were recruited randomly at Peking University in China. The medical students had higher level of knowledge of HPV and its vaccine than the nonmedical students ( p  
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-019-01682-4