Knowledge, attitude, and behavior of human papillomavirus vaccination among undergraduate students in Shanghai, China
Categoria dell'articolo: Original article
Pubblicato online: 14 mar 2025
Pagine: 47 - 55
Ricevuto: 20 gen 2024
Accettato: 25 mar 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2025-0006
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© 2025 Rong-Rong Zhang et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Objective
This study aimed to explore undergraduates’ knowledge, attitude, and practice/behavior of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, as well as the essential influencing factors for vaccination decision-making.
Methods
Through cluster and convenience sampling, 2000 undergraduates from the Nursing and Language department of a university in Shanghai were sent a self-designed questionnaire. Chi-square tests, independent sample
Results
The mean HPV knowledge score was 5.027 out of 10. Health science students showed a significantly higher knowledge mean score than the non-health science students (
Conclusions
It would take time for a new health product to be aware, understood, accepted, and received. Education providing and information sharing are expected to break the dawn and make the procedure processed.