PMID- 22901207
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130122
LR  - 20190606
IS  - 2476-762X (Electronic)
IS  - 1513-7368 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012
TI  - Knowledge, attitude and practice of malaysian medical and pharmacy students 
      towards human papillomavirus vaccination.
PG  - 2279-83
AB  - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one of the most common sexually 
      transmitted infections and oncogenic HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer. 
      However, HPV vaccination is already available as the primary preventive method 
      against cervical cancer. The objective of this study was to determine the level 
      of knowledge, attitude and practice of HPV vaccination among Universiti 
      Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Malaya (UM) students. This study was 
      conducted from March until August 2009. Pre-tested and validated questionnaires 
      were filled by the third year UKM (n=156) and UM (n=149) students from medical, 
      dentistry and pharmacy faculties. The results showed that the overall level of 
      knowledge on HPV infection, cervical cancer and its prevention among respondents 
      was high and the majority of them had positive attitude towards HPV vaccination. 
      Medical students had the highest level of knowledge (p<0.05). Very few students 
      (3.6%) had already taken the vaccine with no significant difference between the 
      two Universities (p=0.399). In conclusion, the knowledge and attitude of the 
      respondents were high and positive, respectively. Only few students took HPV 
      vaccination. Thus, more awareness campaigns and HPV vaccination services should 
      be provided at universities' campuses with the price of the HPV vaccine reduced 
      for the students.
FAU - Rashwan, Hesham H
AU  - Rashwan HH
AD  - Faculty of Pharmacy, University Technology Mara (UiTM), Puncak Alam, Selangor, 
      Malaysia. heshrash@hotmail.com
FAU - Saat, Nur Zakiah N Mohd
AU  - Saat NZ
FAU - Abd Manan, Dahlia Nadira
AU  - Abd Manan DN
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Thailand
TA  - Asian Pac J Cancer Prev
JT  - Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
JID - 101130625
RN  - 0 (Papillomavirus Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Attitude to Health
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Malaysia
MH  - Papillomaviridae/pathogenicity
MH  - Papillomavirus Infections/*prevention & control/virology
MH  - Papillomavirus Vaccines/*therapeutic use
MH  - Students, Medical/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Students, Pharmacy/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/*prevention & control/virology
MH  - Vaccination
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/08/21 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/23 06:00
CRDT- 2012/08/21 06:00
PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.5.2279 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(5):2279-83. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.5.2279.