PMID- 29943923
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180724
LR  - 20200929
IS  - 0392-2936 (Print)
IS  - 0392-2936 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 6
DP  - 2016
TI  - A survey of knowledge and awareness of Jordanian female university students of 
      human papillomavirus infection and its vaccine.
PG  - 796-799
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge and awareness of Jordanian female university 
      students regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and its vaccine. 
      MATERIALS AND METHODS: A self-administered, anonymous questionnaire was 
      distributed to 450 participants at Jordan University of Science and Technology 
      (JUST) in Jordan. The survey focused on three areas: knowledge and awareness of 
      HPV infection, knowledge of HPV vaccine, and source of information about HPV 
      infection and its vaccine. RESULTS: The survey response rate was 79.8%. Most of 
      the respondents (about 68%) have heard about HPV and knew that the HPV is a virus 
      in the genital area that is sexually transmitted, and 59% of them knew that 
      persistent infection with PV virus can cause precancerous/cancerous diseases in 
      the genital tract. Only 45% of the respondents have ever heard about HPV vaccine 
      and 37.8% of them knew that HPV vaccine is very effective in preventing HPV 
      infection and its related precancerous/cancerous diseases. Majority of the 
      respondents, 78.7 % and 73.5%, who knew about HPV and HPV vaccine, respectively, 
      had heard about it from healthcare providers. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that 
      more health education and information about the HPV characteristics and HPV 
      vaccine is needed for female university students.
FAU - Lataifeh, I
AU  - Lataifeh I
FAU - Al Chalabi, H
AU  - Al Chalabi H
FAU - Faleh, N
AU  - Faleh N
FAU - Yousef, L
AU  - Yousef L
FAU - Al Jallad, M
AU  - Al Jallad M
FAU - Asfour, Y
AU  - Asfour Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Singapore
TA  - Eur J Gynaecol Oncol
JT  - European journal of gynaecological oncology
JID - 8100357
RN  - 0 (Papillomavirus Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Education
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Papillomaviridae/isolation & purification
MH  - Papillomavirus Infections/complications/*prevention & control
MH  - Papillomavirus Vaccines/*immunology
MH  - Universities
MH  - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control/virology
EDAT- 2016/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2016/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 2018/06/27 06:00
PHST- 2018/06/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2016;37(6):796-799.