The relationship between individuals' knowledge of human papillomavirus, attitudes towards HPV vaccination, and vaccine hesitancy: A cross-sectional study
 
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Doç. Dr. Gönül GÖKÇAY Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nazlı AKAR SEZER Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ali Uğurlu
Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı African Journal of Reproductive Health (Q4)
Dergi ISSN 2141-3606 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 06-2024
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 28 / 6 / 103–116 DOI 10.29063/ajrh2024/v28i6.11
Makale Linki https://ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/4558
Özet
There are more than 207 types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), most of which do not cause symptoms, lesions, or warts, and cause more than 600,000 cases of cancer annually. Purpose: This study was planned to elucidate the relationship between individuals' HPV knowledge, attitudes towards the HPV vaccine, and vaccine hesitancy. The research was conducted with 1011 people using a descriptive and correlational research design. Data collection tools included socio-demographic information survey, HPV Knowledge Scale, Carolina HPV Vaccination Attitudes Scale, and Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. The data was analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 package program. The average score was 11.68±7.23 on the HPV Knowledge Scale, 30.76±7.31 on the HPV Vaccine Attitude Scale, and 27.90±11.10 on the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. While there was a very weak negative relationship between the participants HPV …
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