TY - JOUR AU - Kamini, Snigdha AU - Bhimarasetty, Devi Madhavi PY - 2016/07/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Awareness about human papilloma virus vaccine among medical students JF - Asian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Asian J Med Sci VL - 7 IS - 4 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3126/ajms.v7i4.14613 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/14613 SP - 64-67 AB - <p><span><strong>Background: </strong><span>Human papilloma virus is a causative agent of cervical cancer. Hence,vaccination <span>against HPV is an important mode of primary prevention against cervical cancer. Two vaccines <span>against HPV have been approved and recommended for use in India. However the availability <span>of these vaccines is hardly known and seldom utilised even among the medical fraternity.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Aims and Objectives: </strong><span>This study aims to find out the awareness about HPV vaccination <span>among medical students of Andhra Medical College, India. Results of this study will help in <span>assessing the need for awareness programs among health care professionals regarding this <span>important public health issue. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong><span>An observational descriptive study <span>was conducted to know the awareness of HPV infection and vaccination among medical <span>students of a government medical college at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. A pretested <span>questionnaire was administered to students of final MBBS Part 1 and final MBBS part 2. <span>Results were analyzed in MS excel and the statistical significance of difference in knowledge <span>between males and females was assessed. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Results: </strong><span>Overall, the level of awareness reported <span>was 54.5%. Females had slightly better knowledge than males. Students of final year Part 2 <span>had better knowledge the Final year part 1. The most commonly cited source of information <span>was medical education and the most important factor that deterred subjects from receiving/<span>advising HPV vaccination was lack of knowledge. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Conclusion: </strong><span>There exists a large gap in <span>knowledge regarding HPV vaccination. Addressing this gap is necessary if we want to <span>decrease the burden of cervical cancer in India. Medical students, health care providers <span>should be sensitized first and then we should reach out to the public.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span>Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.7(4) 2016 64-67</span></p> ER -