Knowledge and awareness of hpv infection and vaccination among urban adolescents in India: A cross-sectional study
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Aim of the study To assess the level of awareness and knowledge of HPV infection and vaccination among 1,000 adolescent girls from secondary schools and colleges in five metro cities of India-Ahmedabad, Cuttack, Lucknow, Gwalior, and Visakhapatnam. To evaluate participants own interest and barriers toward HPV vaccination for cervical cancer prevention. Materials This cross-sectional study was conducted by Adolescent Health Committee of FOGSI from April 2009 to March 2010 under the project "protecting young girls." Girls of 13-19 years, with an average of 16 years are targeted. Methods A written questionnaire with two parts has been applied. A preliminary written questionnaire included questions of knowledge on cancer cervix and HPV awareness. Then, health talk on HPV is given by the researcher and group discussions lasting for 20 min. Second questionnaire was then applied to evaluate effectiveness of the talk. Results The study group participants are poorly aware about HPV infection and vaccination but are intensely willing to know about it and get vaccinated. 72 % of them did not know about cervical cancer or HPV. 77.2 % were not aware of the virus that causes cancer cervix. After the health talks. there is an overall significant positive improvement in both knowledge and awareness. 74.4 % of them agreed to get vaccinated. Conclusions This study brings out the unawareness about HPV infection and vaccination in urban adolescent girls in five metro cities in India. Results show a changing positive trend of acceptance toward HPV vaccination. Adolescent understanding of HPV is needed to have successful vaccination programs in India.
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Older adolescent girls (15-19 yr) were generally more informed and receptive to HPV vaccination than younger adolescents.
“Older adolescent girls (15–19 yr) were generally more informed and receptive to HPV vaccination than younger adolescents, likely due to greater exposure to health education or peer discussions12,20,34.”
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The Discussion and Conclusions report improved HPV knowledge after a health talk and generally positive views of vaccination among girls aged 13–19, but do not compare older girls with younger girls on either measure. The Data Collection section describes a health talk and group discussions during the study, not greater prior exposure among older girls. Searches for age-group differences and peer discussions found no passage supporting the comparison. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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- Authors
- Ramavath, K. K., & Olyai, R.
- Affiliations
- King George Hospital (IN)
- Venue
- The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
- Published
- 2013-06-27
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 399-404
- ISSN
- 0971-9202 (ISSN-L)
- 0975-6434
- PMC
- PMC3889277
- OpenAlex
- W2069482945
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 1.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
- Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Keywords
- HPV infection, HPV vaccination, cervical cancer prevention, adolescent girls, health knowledge awareness, barriers to vaccination, vaccine willingness, health education, urban adolescents
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